Hukumar Kula da Mata ta Leslie

The Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission wata ƙungiyar mata ce ta Ba'amurke da Carrie Chapman Catt ta kafa a cikin Maris 1917 a Birnin New York, bisa la'akari da kuɗin da mawallafin Miriam Leslie ya yi. Kungiyar ta taimaka wajen inganta harkar zabe ta hanyar kara wayar da kan al’umma da ilimi.

Ta kafa ofishin yada labarai na mutum 25 da ke ba da kayan aiki ga jaridu a fadin kasar nan kan wannan batu. Har ila yau, wannan ofishin ya kirkiro tare da rarraba ƙasidu don tantance masu neman mukami waɗanda suka yi adawa da zaɓen mata. An kiyasta cewa kusan dala 933,728.88 na kudaden da Leslie ta bari sun tafi kai tsaye ga dalilin zaben mata.  An rushe hukumar a shekara ta 1929, bayan da aka amince da gyare-gyare na 19 da ya ba wa mata damar shiga. Sun kada kuri'a a karon farko a zaben shugaban kasa a shekarar 1920.

## Game da
Lokacin da Miriam Leslie ta mutu a shekara ta 1914, ta bayyana a cikin wasiyyarta cewa Carrie Chapman Catt ya kamata ya zama yar majalisa, kuma ta karbi kudi don ingantawa da kuma ci gaba da aikinta ga mace .  Leslie ta so Catt ta yanke shawarar yadda mafi kyawun amfani da kuɗin.  Iyalin Leslie ne suka fafata da wasiyyar.  Catt ya sami lauya wanda zai dauki karar bisa ga ka'ida, yana son jira a biya har sai an ci nasara.  Kotun ta ba Catt $500,000 daga nufin Leslie a cikin Fabrairu 1917.  Daga baya, kayan ado na Leslie da aka kiyasta a $34,785 kuma an ba Catt. 

Ta shirya Hukumar Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission daga taron da shugabannin zaɓe a New York a cikin Maris 1917.   Catt ce ke jagorantar hukumar kuma sakatariya da ma'ajin ita ce Gratia Goller .  A taron farko mata sun kafa dokoki na kungiyar.  Sun kuma tattauna yadda za a yi amfani da dala 500,000 da aka baiwa Catt. 

Hukumar ta inganta zaben mata ne ta hanyar wayar da kan al’umma kan wannan batu; yana da alaƙa da Ƙungiyar Suffrage na Mata ta Amurka (NAWSA).  An dora wa Rose Young alhakin samar da ofishin Hukumar Leslie don ba da labarai akai- akai ga jaridu game da ayyukan masu fafutuka a Amurka.  Ofishin yana da ma'aikata 25 kuma yana cikin birnin New York a hawa na goma sha biyar na wani gini a 171 Madison Avenue .  Ofishin ya kuma tattara kididdiga da suka shafi zaɓe, amsa tambayoyi daga jama'a, buga hirarraki da masu zaɓe, da hanyoyin ƙalubalantar masu adawa da zaɓe .  Ofishin Hukumar Leslie ta kuma goyi bayan buga mujallar *The Woman Citizen* .  Ƙungiyar ta kuma ƙirƙira ƙasidu na bayanai don rarrabawa a tseren siyasa tare da 'yan takarar da ke adawa da mata sun sami kuri'a.  A cewar *<u>Jamhuriyar Arizona</u>* a 1920, Hukumar Leslie tana da "mafi girman ofishin farfagandar da mata ke gudanarwa." 

Bayan da aka yi kwaskwarima na 19 ga Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Amurka, mata sun fara jefa ƙuri'a a zaɓen shugaban ƙasa a shekara ta 1920. Hukumar Leslie ta yi aiki don tallafawa ƙungiyoyin zaɓen mata a wasu ƙasashe.  Har ila yau, ta sayi litattafai game da tarihin zaɓen mata tare da ba da su ga ɗakunan karatu na jama'a a Amurka.  Hukumar ta rushe ne a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1929. 

## Sanannen membobi

* Alice Stone Blackwell 
* Carrie Chapman Katt
* Mary Garrett Hay 
* Anna Pennybacker 
* Margaret Drier Robins 
* Harriet Taylor Upton 

## Duba kuma

* Jerin sunayen masu zaɓe da masu zaɓe
* Zabar mata a Amurka
* Kungiyoyi da wallafe-wallafen mata

## Manazarta

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