Zella na Milhau

**Zella na Milhau** (1866-1954) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Amurka, direban motar asibiti, mai shirya al'umma kuma 'yar sanda mai babur. Milhau ya taimaka wajen shirya *Block Beautiful*, shirin kyautata unguwa na 1902 a Brooklyn, New York. A matsayinta na mai zane an san ta da zane-zane, waɗanda aka haɗa su a cikin tarin kayan gargajiya da yawa. A lokacin yakin duniya na farko ta tafi Ingila don yin aikin sa kai, kuma an nada ta a matsayin sajan daukar ma'aikata a cikin Sojojin Horar da Masu Sa kai. Daga baya ta tara kudaden al'umma a Southampton don sayen motar asibiti, wanda ta sanye take da ita kuma ta tuka ta a Faransa tsakanin layin gaba da asibitoci. Ta sami Croix de guerre da Medal of French Gratitude daga gwamnatin Faransa saboda hidimar da ta yi. A lokacin da ta dawo Southampton, ta kasance a takaice jami'in 'yan sanda na farko a yankin.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Zella de Milhau a shekara ta 1866  a Manhattan" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NoHo, Manhattan">NoHo, New York a Manhattan, a cikin gine-ginen Colonnade Row a kan titin Lafayette .  Iyayenta suna gudanar da kantin sayar da magunguna mai nasara a Manhattan. Kwarewarta ta farko ta ilimin fasaha ta kasance a kungiyar Art Students League ta New York . 

A shekara ta 1896 an ruwaito cewa tana da ɗakin karatu a New York, kuma tana yin zane-zane da tawada don littattafai na lokaci-lokaci. Ayyukanta sun bayyana a cikin 1891 a cikin The Decorator and Furnisher  kuma a cikin 1895 a cikin Monthly Illustrator,  A shekara ta 1898 ta koma 291 Henry Street a Brooklyn; ta bayyana a cikin rajistar zamantakewa wannan shekarar.   Ya kasance a kan titin Henry a cikin 1902 cewa ta jagoranci ƙoƙari na farko don kyautata birane da ake kira *Block Beautiful* .   A matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarin kawo ƙarin itatuwa da tsire-tsire zuwa unguwar, ta shirya maƙwabtanta don shiga. *[[New York Times|Jaridar New York Times]]* ta rubuta a shekarar 1997 cewa ta shawo kan maƙwabtanta su "ƙara akwatunan taga, shuka bishiyoyi, shigar da kayan lambu da dawo da yadudduka na baya daga sandunan wanki da ƙasa mai wuya. Ta tattara ƙirar ƙira don akwatunan taga. "

### Ka ƙaura zuwa Southampton
De Milhau ta kasance baƙo mai yawa a Southampton, inda ta kuma halarci Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art . 

### Yaƙin Duniya na I
A lokacin yakin duniya na farko ta bar Southampton zuwa Ingila a lokacin 1914 da 1915, inda ta yi aiki tare da O.H.M.S Volunteer Motor Corps  kuma an nada ta a matsayin sajan daukar ma'aikata.  Tare da kudaden da aka tara daga 'yan Southampton ta sayi motar asibiti a Faransa kuma ta tuka ta tsakanin layin gaba da asibitoci. Don aikinta na lokacin yaƙi ta sami Croix de Guerre na Faransa, Gold Medaille de la Reconnaissance francaise, ambato daga asibitoci uku na gaba da garin Verberie, Faransa.

### Komawa zuwa Southampton
Bayan ta dawo Southampton, ta sayi babur kuma ta zama jami'in babur na farko, "ofishin lamba 6". Jaridar New York Tribune ta ruwaito a watan Yulin 1920 cewa "Society Girl Motor Cop" Milhau ta dauki matsayin 'yar sanda mai babur, don bin direbobin da ke saurin gudu. A watan Satumbar 1920, shugaban 'yan sanda na Southampton ya ba da rahoton cewa Milhau zai daina hawa babur, kuma ya koma aikin' yan sanda a matsayin jami'in salula da mai fassara ga baƙi da ke fuskantar kotun yankin.

De Milhau ita ce batun littafin 1936 Thank God for Laughter na Mel Erskine, sunan alkalami na abokin tarayya, marubucin Burtaniya,  Mollie Lawton. 

De Milhau ta ci gaba da kasancewa ƙwararren mai buga takardu a lokacin da ta dawo Southampton. A watan Oktoba 1923, Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn Quarterly ya rubuta cewa biyu daga cikin bugawa na De Milhau, "*Sand Dunes, Long Island*" da "Lowland" sun kasance abubuwan da suka shiga kwanan nan na Gidan Tarihin Brooklyn. 

A cikin 1923 De Milhau ya gabatar da bugawa mai launi ga Nunin Shekara na Bakwai na Brooklyn Society of Etchers . Rubutun ta "Boats Along Shore" zai sa masu son teku su "yi tsayi don iska" a cewar Ernest G. Draper na Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . 

## Tarin abubuwa
An haɗa aikinta a cikin tarin Smithsonian American Art Museum,  Ruth da Elmer Wellin Museum of Art,  Smith College,  Guild Hall na East Hampton,  da National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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