Joan Barr

**Joan W. Barr** (wacce aka haifa a matsayin **Worthy** ; daga baya **Barr-Smith** ; 22 ga Nuwamba, 1939 - 21 ga Maris, 2015) 'yar siyasa ce ta Amurka kuma mace ta farko da aka zaɓa a matsayin magajin garin birnin Evanston, Illinois .  An zaɓi Barr Smith a shekarar 1985 kuma aka rantsar da ita a matsayinta a ranar 22 ga Afrilu, 1985, ta hannun Alkalin Gundumar Cook County Michael Toomin.  Kafin zaɓenta a matsayin magajin gari, ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru takwas a matsayin mai kula da gundumar ta biyu. 

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
Joan ita ce kaɗai 'ya ga James (farfesa a Makarantar Gudanarwa ta Kellogg ) da Mildred Louise Worthy (née Née Neritz).  Iyalin sun zauna a unguwar Rogers Park da ke Chicago lokacin da Barr yake ƙarami.  Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa yankin North Shore lokacin da Barr yake ɗan shekara huɗu. 

Barr ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta New Trier da ke Winnetka, Illinois .  Ta ci gaba da karatunta a Jami'ar Syracuse, inda ta sami digiri na farko. Daga baya ta sami digirin MBA daga Makarantar Gudanarwa ta Kellogg a Jami'ar Northwestern,  ta zama wani ɓangare na ajin 1996. 

Ta koma Evanston a shekarar 1962, kafin ta yi shekaru biyu a matsayin shugabar taron al'umma na Dewey. A shekarar 1977, an zaɓe ta alderman daga Ward na Biyu na Evanston.  Ta yi wa'adin mulkinta na aldermanic kuma aka sake zaɓe ta a karo na biyu a shekarar 1981. 

A shekarar 1985, ta yi nasarar neman mukamin magajin gari a kan mutane biyu: tsohon shugaban cocin nan Donald Borah mai ritaya,  da Rev. John Frederick Norwood,   wanda a lokacin fasto ne na cocin Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist da ke Evanston. Zaben da ta yi ya zama karo na farko a tarihin Evanston da wata mace ta riƙe matsayin magajin gari.   Jawabinta na farko ya nuna nauyin harajin gidaje a matsayin fifikon magancewa.  Adadin kadarorin da aka keɓe daga haraji a birnin an ga su a matsayin gudummawa ga abin da a wancan lokacin ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman harajin gidaje a yankin Chicago.  Ta kuma lura da ci gaban tattalin arziki,  inganta alaƙar da ke tsakanin birnin da Jami'ar Northwestern;  ƙungiyoyin titi da rashin matsuguni sune fannoni mafi muhimmanci a lokacin mulkinta.  

### Zaman magajin gari
A lokacin da take magajin gari, Barr ta ci gaba da aiki a ƙungiyoyin jama'a da dama. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar Taron Gundumar Arewa maso Yamma kuma memba ce a Kwamitin Zartarwa na Taron Gundumar Amurka . Ta yi aiki a wannan ƙungiyar a matsayin shugabar ƙungiyar Magoya Mata.

A lokacin da take kan mulki, ta shahara da inganta dangantakar kayan ado na gari, inda ta yi haɗin gwiwa da Jami'ar Northwestern kan gina dala $400.&nbsp;wurin bincike na dala miliyan daloli a Evanston, da kuma kin amincewa da shirin harajin makaranta ga ɗalibai a Jami'ar.   Sakamakon aikinta na kafa wurin binciken, darektan zartarwa na Evanston Inventure (wani kamfanin ci gaba na birni), Ronald Kysiak, ya kira Barr "mai gina yarjejeniya".  A cewar jaridar gida, mai gudanarwa kuma mai gina yarjejeniya ta *[[Chicago Tribune]]* ita ma ta bayyana yadda Barr ta ga rawar da take takawa. Wasu kuma sun ɗauke ta a matsayin wacce ba ta da jayayya a salon gwamnatinta, tana mai da hankali kan ƙirƙirar alaƙa da gina al'umma ba tare da nuna wariya ba. 

An zaɓe Barr a karo na biyu a matsayin magajin gari a shekarar 1989 kuma ta sauka daga mukamin a shekarar 1992.  Bayan lokacin da ta yi a matsayin magajin gari, ta yi aiki a Ma'aikatar Haraji ta Illinois da Ma'aikatar Tsaron Aiki ta Illinois . Ta zama diakoni a Cocin Episcopal a shekarar 2008.  

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