Annie White Baxter

Annie White Baxter (2 ga Maris, 1864 - 28 ga Yuni, 1944) 'yar siyasa ce a Missouri . A lokacin da aka zaɓe ta a matsayin magatakardar gundumar Jasper County, Missouri, a 1890, ta zama mace ta farko da aka zaɓa a matsayin mai riƙe da mukami a jihar, da kuma mace ta farko da ta zama magatakardar gundumar a Amurka.

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Annie White ta biyu cikin 'ya'ya uku na mai gyaran kabina John B. da Jennie Black White a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, kuma asalinta 'yar asalin Ingila da Jamus ne.  Lokacin da take 'yar shekara biyu, ta koma Newark, Ohio ;  ta sake komawa tare da iyalinta zuwa Carthage, Missouri a shekarar 1876 lokacin da mahaifinta ya fara aiki da masana'antar kayan daki a garin.  Ta kuma zauna a Joplin na ɗan lokaci. Ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Carthage, inda aka ce ita ce daliba mafi yawan magana a ajinta, a shekarar 1882,  kuma ta ɗauki aikin taimaka wa Magatakardar Gundumar Jasper George Blakeney; daga baya aka naɗa ta mataimakiyar magatakarda ga John N. Wilson.  Naɗinta a wannan matsayi ya jawo hankalin mutane da yawa, kuma an buƙaci Babban Lauyan Missouri ya amince da naɗin kafin ta fara aikinta.  Baxter ta yi aiki ga magajin Wilson, Jesse Rhoads, shi ma. A shekara ta 1888 ta auri Charles W. Baxter,  ma'aikacin kayan busassun kaya a Shagon Sashen RH Rose.  Da farko ta yi ritaya daga gundumar don mayar da hankali kan harkokin cikin gida, amma lokacin da ma'aikacin ya gaji kuma bai iya yin aikinsa ba, sai aka mayar da ita matsayinta na baya. 

Saboda sunanta a matsayin mai goyon bayan gwamnatin gundumar da ke da kyakkyawan iko,  Jam'iyyar Democrat ta gundumar ta zaɓi Baxter a matsayin ɗan takararta na magatakardar gundumar a shekarar 1890, amma akwai rashin tabbas game da ko ta cancanci tsayawa takara ko a'a, domin mata a lokacin ba za su iya kaɗa ƙuri'a ba. Duk , ta ci gaba da kasancewa a kan ƙuri'ar, inda ta kayar da ɗan Republican Julius Fischer  sama da    ɗari na *[[New York Times|jimillar]]* ... 

Baxter ba da daɗewa ba ta sami suna a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun magatakardan gundumar jihar,  kuma bayan ayyukanta na yau da kullun ta taimaka wajen tsara da kuma gina ginin farko na ginin kotunan da ake yi a yanzu, wanda aka kammala a 1895. [  Ta kuma ɗauki lokaci tana sa aikin ofishinta ya fi inganci. Har ma ta sami karramawa daga Gwamnan Missouri, David R. Francis, wanda ya sanya mata suna Kanar mai girmamawa; daga wannan ne aka samo mata laƙabinta, "Kanar Baxter".  Duk da haka, 1894 shekara ce mai cike da tarihi ga 'yan Republican a duk faɗin ƙasar, kuma Baxter tana cikin 'yan Democrat waɗanda suka rasa mukamansu, wani ɓangare saboda an ɗauki mijinta aiki a matsayin mataimakin magatakarda kuma wasu 'yan adawa sun yi adawa da gaskiyar cewa gundumar tana biyan su duka.  Ita da Charles daga baya suka rabu  bayan sun zauna a St. Louis na ɗan lokaci. 

Baxter ta koma siyasa lokacin da abokin aikinta na Carthage Democrat Cornelius Roach, tsohon abokin hulɗar kasuwanci na mijinta,  ya zama Sakataren Harkokin Waje na Missouri a 1908; ya naɗa mata mai rijistar filaye na jihar, rawar da ta sauke har zuwa 1916. Ta zama sakatariyar kuɗi ta Yarjejeniyar Tsarin Mulki ta Missouri a 1922; a 1936 ta kasance wakiliya a taron jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar.  Ta kuma yi aiki, na ɗan lokaci, a matsayin sakataren James Thomas Quarles, shugaban kafa Makarantar Fasaha ta Jami'ar Missouri . 

Baxter ta mutu sakamakon ciwon huhu  a birnin Jefferson, kuma an binne ta a makabartar River View. Wata titi a Joplin tana ɗauke da sunanta,  kamar yadda ƙungiyar mata ta jami'o'i ta Amurka ta Columbia, Missouri ta yi.  A shekarar 2012 mujallar *[[Missouri Life]]* ta sanya mata suna ɗaya daga cikin manyan mata goma da suka canza Missouri.  Haka kuma a shekarar 2012 an shigar da ita cikin ƙungiyar jaruman Carthage.  Wani alama da ke filin Kotun Gundumar Jasper ta bayyana nasarorin da ta samu. 

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