Muriel Craigie

**Muriel Craigie,** OBE (1889-1971)  ta kasance babbar 'yar Scotland ce, wacce kasashe biyu suka girmama ta a matsayin babban mai shirya masu sa kai a cikin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Duniya guda biyu, kuma 'sanannen malami' a lokacin sake fasalin ilimi na hukuma. 

Ita ce ta shirya hedikwatar taron Asibitocin Mata na Scotland don Ayyukan Ƙasashen Waje na Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, wanda aka ba ta lambar yabo ta Red Cross ta Serbia .  Saboda rawar da ta taka a matsayin Mai Kula da Daukar Ma'aikata na Scotland don Ƙungiyar Taimakon Sojojin Mata, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Order of the British Empire a 1919. 

A Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta jagoranci Ayyukan Jinƙai na Mata don Tsaron Farar Hula a Montrose da gundumar, kuma ta shirya kayan jin daɗi ga sojoji da kuma kwashe yara da sauran mutane masu rauni daga biranen masana'antu. Ita kaɗai ce mace a Kwamitin Mamayar da ke ɗauke da mutane 7.  

Craigie ya zama mataimakiyar shugabar ƙungiyar mata ta Birtaniyya ta ƙasa (1951-1954), kuma jimilla ya yi shekaru 25, tun daga ƙaddamar da reshen Montrose zuwa jagorantar ƙungiyar North East Scotland Federation. 

Craigie ita ce mace ta farko da ta kira kowace ƙaramin kwamiti na ilimi na gundumar Angus . Kafin da kuma bayan Dokar Ilimi, ta yi aikin manufofin ilimi tsawon shekaru ashirin a matsayin 'ƙwararriyar mai ilimi.' 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
An haifi **Catherine Muriel Craigie** a shekarar 1889,  wanda aka fi sani da Muriel; mahaifinta William Craigie shine mai kashe gobara na garin, kuma tana da 'yar'uwa Rhoda Craigie. Suna zaune a lamba 5 Erskine Street, Montrose . 

Mahaifinta ya yi aiki tare da ɗan'uwansa a harkar sayar da katako da kayan aikin ƙarfe kafin hakan, amma lokacin da ya mutu a shekarar 1936, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da kashe gobara na tsawon shekaru 37; jana'izarsa ta hanyar injin kashe gobara, inda Muriel da 'yar uwarta suka ɗauki kayan aikin, tare da goyon bayan ma'aikatan kashe gobara da manyan mutane na yankin. 

Craigie ta halarci Kwalejin Montrose, inda ta yi fice, inda ta lashe kyaututtukan aji a tarihi, [1] Turanci da dinki, [2] [3] da kuma motsa jiki. [4] A rayuwarta ta baya, ita ce ta zama mace ta farko da ta jagoranci bikin bayar da kyaututtuka na Kwalejin. [5] A wasanni, ta lashe lambar yabo ta gasar yara ta nakasassu a golf (lambar Luiskill), [6] kuma ta buga wa ƙungiyar wasan hockey ta Academy Girls. [7] Ta halarci kuma ta yi karatun littafi mai tsarki a Cocin St. George's United Free. [8]

A lokacin da ta girma, ta zauna tare da 'yar uwarta a wuri ɗaya, kuma ta halarci Cocin St. George's da Trinity;  ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabanni a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na biyu, da kuma a cikin al'ummar Montrose, don dalilan zaɓen mata, agaji ga sojoji da walwalar yara da kwamitocin ilimi na gunduma, kuma ta ɗauki nauyin ƙasa a cikin Ƙungiyar Matan Garin.

Ta rasu a Asibitin Stracathro, a ranar 9 ga Disamba 1971, tana da shekaru 82  

## Fafutukar 'Yancin Zaɓe

Zuwa shekarar 1913, Craigie tana jagorantar ko yin jawabi a tarurrukan Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Ƙungiyoyin Yaƙin Neman Zaɓe ta Mata (NUWSS) da kuma shirya taruka a sassa daban-daban na ƙasar. A watan Maris na 1913, tana magana da Ƙungiyar Hadin Kan Mata a Dundee,  a watan Mayu, tare da Alice Compton a Frenchie da Falkland .  Kuma ta shirya rangadin masu jawabi na NUWSS 'Franchise Fortnight' ga shugabanni, ciki har da Muriel Matters, Louisa Lumsden, Margaret Aldersley, Geraldine Cooke, Margaret Robertson da Bessie MacNicol, a aƙalla garuruwa goma sha biyu a masarautar Fife (wani lokacin tana karɓar taruka uku ko fiye a rana), da kuma gabatar da wurare daban-daban. Misali, Craigie da sauran masu jawabi sun yi jawabi ga al'ummar manoma masu rai a Cupar Cross daga bayan mota a wurin cinkoson kasuwa; sun shirya taron mata 'a gida' don tattaunawa ta addini; da kuma jawabi ga ma'aikata mata, a fili a ƙofar masana'antar linoleum da niƙa. An ruwaito cikakkun bayanai game da rangadin da kuma hujjojin da aka gabatar don ikon mallakar kamfanin a cikin manema labarai, waɗanda suka lura cewa NUWSS ba masu tayar da zaune tsaye ba ne, ba sa cikin jam'iyya. Rahotanni sun bayyana yadda matan suka gudanar da ayyukansu da kuma mu'amala da masu zagi; wani manomi ya sayi kwafin jaridar *The Common Cause* ta NUWSS, yana cewa ' *Abin da muke son' ken, za mu karanta a kai*', wanda ya haifar da sayar da dukkan kwafin da kuma tayin sake ganawa a ranar kasuwa ta mako mai zuwa. Shugaban Ladybank ya ce ya goyi bayan manufarsu a cikin gabatarwarsa, kuma a mafi yawan lokuta, masu sauraro sun kaɗa ƙuri'a baki ɗaya don goyon bayan shawarar Craigie na neman Firayim Minista ta gabatar da Dokar Ba da 'yancin mata. An yi maraba da gudummawar Miss Matters da kuma magance tambayoyi saboda ta fito daga Ostiraliya, inda mata suka riga suka zama 'yan majalisar dokoki, ba tare da fuskantar mata suna son 'cin zarafin maza' ba, kamar yadda ta faɗa. 

A watan Oktoba na wannan shekarar, Craigie ta yi rangadin West Lothian tare da shugabannin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya waɗanda suka ziyarci garuruwa bakwai, kuma sun sami masu goyon baya. Craigie ta yi magana a Bathgate tare da Miss Foggo, inda ta bayyana cewa lokacin da ƙungiyar mata ta fara, sun gabatar da ƙarar cewa an hana 'masu laifi da mahaukata' kuri'a da kuma mata, amma bayan lokaci ma'aikata kamar ma'aikatan noma sun shiga cikin ƙungiyar, don haka me zai sa a ci gaba da ware mata, kamar yadda mata masu aiki suma ke biyan harajinsu, amma ba su da 'yancin zaɓen 'yan majalisar da suka yanke waɗannan haraji. Ta kuma yi magana game da 'matsalolin' zamantakewa da hangen nesa na mace zai iya matsa wa wakilai su magance, kuma ta yi jayayya kan albashi mai kyau. Hujjojinta ta shawo kan 'da yawa daga cikin mazan' da suka halarci taron su yi rajista don goyon bayan kuri'un mata.  A Blackburn, inda Foggo da Craigie suka kafa hedikwatar ƙungiyar na ɗan lokaci, sun tattara sa hannun 'Abokan Mata', sun sayar da kayayyaki da kuma 'kwafi 24 na jaridar NUWSS *The Common Cause*' . Sun kuma jawo hankalin masu sauraro da suka zo don jin Dr. Elsie Inglis tana magana don goyon bayan kuri'ar.  Kuma a watan Nuwamba na 1913, a Whitburn, West Lothian, Craigie ya kira wani taron inda mai magana da yawun Alice Low ta yi jawabi ga dimbin masu sauraro masu goyon baya, tana bayyana shingayen majalisa da kuma shari'ar da ake da ita ga mata su sami kuri'a. 

A watan Yunin 1914, an nemi Craigie ya yi magana game da 'Glasgow Demonstration' a taron kasuwanci na membobin NUWSS na shekara biyu a Edinburgh, kuma ya sake raba dandamalin tare da Muriel Matters da Alice Low. 

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