Helen Clark (masanin tarihi)

**Helen Clark** (8 ga Agusta 1952 – 14 ga Agusta 2015) ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka fara rubuta Tarihin Baka a Scotland .

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Helen Clark a Asibitin Lewisham, Landan ga iyayenta Sheila, malamar makaranta, da kuma Geoffrey Banfield, manaja a Esso Petroleum . Ta karanci Ilimi da Tarihi a Jami'ar Cambridge kuma a shekarar 1973, a shekararta ta uku a can, ta hadu da mijinta na gaba, Anthony John Clark, masanin kimiyya daga Lincolnshire, wanda daga baya ya zama darektan Cibiyar Roslin kuma aka ba shi lambar yabo ta OBE . Tare da John, ta haifi 'ya'ya biyu Charlie (an haife ta a 1989) da Laurie (an haife ta a 1991). Bayan mutuwar John a 2004, ta auri Jim Kendall a 2011.  Helen ta mutu a ranar 14 ga Agusta, 2015  bayan rashin lafiya ta shekaru biyu da cutar Mota . Ta ƙirƙiri wani shafin yanar gizo don zana ci gabanta da kuma raba tasirinta ga wasu. 

## Sana'a
Helen ta koma Edinburgh a shekarar 1977 inda ta yi aikin sa kai a Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa kafin ta sami aikinta na farko a matsayin Mataimakin Fasaha a Gidan Tarihi na Royal Scottish, wanda yanzu shine Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasa na Scotland . A shekarar 1982, ta zama Mataimakiyar Mai Kula da Tarihin Zamantakewa a Gidan Tarihi na Buɗe Ido na Beamish North of England da ke County Durham, inda ta fara shiga cikin rikodin tarihin baki.

Helen ta koma Edinburgh don zama Mai Kula da Tarihin Zamantakewa a Gidajen Tarihi na Birnin Edinburgh daga 1985 zuwa 2005; sannan ta zama Manajan Ayyuka na Musamman har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritaya a 2012. Ta yi aiki tare da kafa sabon gidan tarihi na tarihin zamantakewa, Gidan Tarihi na Mutane, wanda aka buɗe a 1989 kuma "yana bincika rayuwar talakawan Edinburgh a wurin aiki da wasa tun daga ƙarshen ƙarni na 18 zuwa yau", ta amfani da shaidar baki da gogewa ta hannu.

## Ayyuka da abubuwan sha'awa
A shekara ta 2009, Helen ta shirya baje kolin kuri'u ga mata  a Gidan Tarihi na Edinburgh a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gude Cause . A wannan shekarar ta zama memba na Gude Cause New Media Group (wanda aka sake masa suna Gude Cause Project)  don ƙirƙirar hanyoyin haɗi zuwa rikodin dijital na fina-finai, rikodi da hotuna da aka yi daga ayyukan da aka shirya a ƙasa, wanda ya kai ga jerin gwanon Gude Cause a Edinburgh.

A shekarar 2014, an yi wa Helen hira  a aikin WEA Scotland Breaking the Mould  wanda ke binciken kayan aiki don wani littafi da ya shafi ƙungiyoyin mata da mata, tare da alaƙa da Edinburgh, waɗanda suka shiga cikin fafutukar zamantakewa da siyasa a cikin shekaru 100 bayan farkon Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . Littafin, *Breaking the Mould: Edinburgh*, ya haɗa da girmamawa ga Helen wacce ta mutu daidai lokacin da ake kai ta ga firintocin.  

Shekaru da yawa Helen ta kasance memba na DRBs Scottish Women's History Group  da kuma Protest in Harmony,  wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da ke Edinburgh.

## Littattafai
Buɗe Gidan Tarihi na Mutane ya yi daidai da buga littafin Helen na farko, *Sing a Rebel Song: The Story of James Connolly* .  An buga littafinta na biyu, *Raise the Banners High*,  a shekarar 1999 kuma ya nuna kuma ya bincika nau'ikan tutocin Ƙungiyar Kwadago da Gidajen Tarihi na Edinburgh ke riƙe da su. Ma'aikatan Edinburgh suna ɗauke da waɗannan tutoci da tutoci a matsayin alamun abubuwan da suka sa su yi aiki ko a lokacin biki ko don yaƙi da wani aiki ko rashin adalci.  Littafinta na uku, wanda aka rubuta tare da Elizabeth Carnegie, *She Was Aye Workin*'  *- Memories of Tenement Women in Edinburgh da Glasgow*, wanda aka buga a shekarar 2002, ya yi amfani da tushen tarihin baki don bayar da "hoto mai haske na mata masu tauri, masu juriya, da al'ummomi". 

## Manazarta