Anna Westergaard

**Anna Westergaard** (1882-1964) ta kasance ma aikaciyar jirgin kasa ta Denmark kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata. Tana aiki ga Danish State Railways inda daga baya ta zama mai kula da zirga-zirga, ta zama memba na kwamitin Danish Railways Union (Jernbaneforeningen) da kuma Danish Civil Servants Union (Statstjenestemændenes Centralorganisation). Mai goyon bayan daidaito ga maza da mata a ilimi da kuma kasuwar ma'aikata, ta kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga gudanar da Kungiyar Mata ta Danish (1919-1924) da Majalisar Mata a Denmark (1938-1946). Westergaard ta wakilci bukatun mata na Denmark a tattaunawar da aka yi a Kungiyar Al'ummai a tsakiyar shekarun 1930. Daga 1937 zuwa 1960, ta kasance shugabar Open Door International for the Economic Emancipation of the Woman Worker . A siyasance, ta kasance a cikin Jam'iyyar Danish Social Liberal Party kuma ta kasance mataimaki a cikin Upper House ko Landstinget daga 1939 zuwa 1953.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haife ta a ranar 8 ga Yuni 1882 a Aarhus, Anna Westergaard 'yar likitan hakora Carl Rudolf Westergaart (1833-1901) da Cecilie Bøttcher Pape (1857-1945). Bayan ta wuce jarrabawar shirye-shirye a 1889, ta fara aiki na farko tare da Danish Railways (DSB). Ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar marubuciya ga DSB, Aarhus . A shekara ta 1911, bayan ta sami horo na tashar, ta zama mace ta farko da ta wuce jarrabawar zirga-zirga kuma an nada ta mai kula da zirga-zane a 1925. A shekara ta 1929, ta zama jami'in gudanarwa a cikin gudanarwa ta tsakiya inda a shekara ta 1951 aka inganta ta zuwa mai kula da zirga-zirga. Ta yi matukar sha'awar haƙƙin ma'aikata, tana aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin tsakiya na Railways Union (1912-1928) da kuma Cibiyar Ma'aikatan Jama'a (1912-1928). Daga 1922, ta shirya mujallar Railways Union Vor Stand . [1]

Her interest in feminism was inspired by her mother, the daughter of a pastor, who as a girl had refused to wear festive dresses. Westergaard played a leading role in support of women's rights, especially in connection with their gaining financial independence through education and employment outside the home. She took an early stand on equal pay for men and women, supporting Thora Pedersen in her efforts on the parliamentary wage committee. As a result, improved legislation was introduced in 1918. At the annual meeting of the Danish Women's Society in 1918, she was one of those who opposed the critical stand taken by the organization's leadership in connection with the newly elected women to the Danish parliament. As a result, Gyrithe Lemche had to resign, replaced by Julie Arenholt as the new chair. Westergaard became a member of the joint management committee (1919–1924) and was chair of the Gentofte-Charlottenlund branch of the Women's Society from 1929 to 1935.

Tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a 1934, Westergaard ta jagoranci Majalisar Kasuwancin Mata ta Denmark wacce ta ba da tallafi ga mata waɗanda aka yi barazanar aikinsu saboda jinsi. An zargi malamai mata musamman da daukar ayyukan maza a cikin shekarun 1930. Westergaard ya kuma yi jayayya cewa raguwar yawan yara sun fi dacewa da gyarawa ta hanyar mata da ke karbar aiki ba tare da tsoron korar su don aure da ciki ba.

Westergaard koyaushe yana adawa da duk wani matakai na musamman don tallafawa kariya ga mata. A cikin wani muhimmin jawabi a Kungiyar Kasashe a 1935, ta yi tunanin ba ta wakiltar tawagar Denmark a hukumance ba, ta ce mata ba sa bukatar kariya. Za su yi aiki a karkashin yanayin da maza suka yi, a cikin ma'adinai ko da dare. A shekara ta 1937, duk da haka, a matsayin wakilin Denmark ta sake bayyana ra'ayinta a Geneva. A wannan shekarar an kuma zabe ta a matsayin shugabar Open Door International, wanda aka kafa a 1929 don tallafawa mata a kasuwanci. Ta ci gaba da jagorantar kungiyar har zuwa 1960. 

On the political front, she was a member of the Social Liberal Party. She served on the Gentofte Municipal Council (1924–1933) and in the 1930s was chair of the Gentofte Social Liberal Association. She stood for parliamentary election on several occasions but was never elected. She served as an alternate in Langstinget (Upper House) from 1939 to 1953. Westergaard contributed to various journals and newspapers as well as to significant works of the times on women, including *Den gyldne Bog om danske Kvinder* (1941) and *Dansk Kvinde i Dag* (1942).

Anna Westergaard ta mutu a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu 1964 a Charlottenlund .  An binne ta a Kabari na Ordrup . 

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