Nancy Poore

**Nancy Poore** (1939-2025) edita ce ta Amurka, marubuciya, mawallafi, mai zane, firinta kuma mai fafutuka . Tare da Jocelyn H. Cohen, ta kafa Helaine Victoria Press, wacce ta shahara saboda tarin labarai da hotunan jarumai da aka manta da su da kuma ƙungiyoyin mata daga ko'ina cikin duniya da kuma sake buga su a ƙananan tsare-tsare masu araha waɗanda mutane da yawa za su iya amfani da su, su nuna su kuma su gani. Don haka Poore ta ba da gudummawa ga faɗaɗa ilimin tarihin mata a hankali da kuma tashin matattu daga ɓoye na yawancin mata da ƙungiyoyin mata.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Poore a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 1939, a Chicago, ɗa ɗaya tilo, 'yar Taylor Poore (mai zane-zane da zane) da Madge (Shearer) Poore. Mahaifinta abokai ne da masu fasaha ciki har da Edgar Miller da Sol Kogen. A shekarar 1961, ta sami digiri na farko a Kwalejin Scripps, Claremont, California . A matsayinta na ɗalibi na farko, Poore ta yi karatu a Sorbonne . A shekarar 1991, ta sami digiri na biyu a Turanci daga Jami'ar Northwestern . Poore ta zauna a California a ƙarshen shekarun 1960 da farkon shekarun 1970 kuma ta fara sha'awar adalci a zamantakewa, musamman a fannin mata . 

## Ƙungiyoyin fafutuka
A shekarar 1973, Poore da Jocelyn H Cohen sun kafa Helaine Victoria Press, wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da suka kafa a Santa Monica, California . An kafa kamfanin buga littattafai da jaridu don bincike da buga hotuna da labarai game da jarumai marasa suna, ta amfani da na'urar buga wasiƙu ta da. 'Yan jaridun sun ci gaba da wannan aikin kan tarihin mata sama da shekaru 17, inda suka rufe a shekarar 1991. Manufar aikin ta shafi daidaikun mutane da ƙungiyoyi a tarihin mata, wani fanni da ba a taɓa amfani da shi ba wanda ke buƙatar tono labaran da aka manta da hotuna masu ban mamaki. Don haka wannan ya zama abin da ya fara aiki a Wikipedia Women in Red . Kayayyakin da aka buga na manema labarai, galibi katunan gaisuwa, ƙanana ne kuma masu araha kuma sun haɗa da mata daga dukkan ƙungiyoyin ƙabila da tattalin arziki da kuma juriya, zaɓe da ƙungiyoyin aiki. An tsara hotunan a cikin iyakoki masu launi waɗanda suka dace da zamanin da batun. Rubutun bayanai sun ba da cikakkun bayanai game da rayuwar matan da aka zana. Ba a yi nufin katunan gaisuwa kawai su zama hotuna masu ban sha'awa ba, har ma don ba da labari. Misali, taken da ke bayan katin gaisuwa na Komako Kimura da aka nuna a dama shine: " Kimura Komako, wanda aka nuna a wata ziyara a New York a 1917-18. Wata fitacciyar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo/mai rawa ta Japan, Mme. Kimura ta zo Amurka ne musamman don nazarin hanyoyin mata 'yan Amurka masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. Ta shirya taron farko (1913) na 'yan takarar zaben 'yan kasa na Japan, mujallu da kuma al'umma - dukkansu ana kiransu Shin Shin Fujin (Sabuwar Mace ta Gaskiya). Mataki ne mai ƙarfin hali, har ma da ban mamaki, an soki shi amma ba a ba shi sanarwa ta jama'a ba. Duk da haka, ya share fagen ga shahararriyar Akiko Hiratsuka da abokan aikinta, waɗanda suka ba wa ƙasar mamaki a 1920 ta hanyar neman kawo ƙarshen wata tsohuwar doka da ta hana mata shiga tarukan siyasa. Sun yi nasara a wannan zagayen kuma, a 1946, ƙungiyar 'yan kasa. A ranar 10 ga Afrilu, mata miliyan 13 na Japan sun kaɗa ƙuri'a a karon farko cikin fiye da ƙarni 25 a matsayin ƙasa. "

Ana sayar da katunan gaisuwa a shagunan sayar da littattafai, bukukuwa da gidajen kofi . Da zarar masu amfani sun rubuta katunan kuma suka saka su, ana rarraba su kuma ana iya ganin su ta hanyar masu aika wasiku da masu karɓa, kuma sau da yawa ana nuna su a kan allunan sanarwa ko firiji, wanda hakan ke faɗaɗa ajiyar tunawa da kuma sanin mata masu daraja. 

Bayan Poore da Cohen sun rabu, Poore ta koma Chicago inda ta gudanar da harkokinta na edita, rubutu, bincike da kuma ayyukan ƙira na tsawon shekaru da yawa, sannan kuma ta yi aiki a sashen aikin jarida na Jami'ar Northwestern. A Chicago, Poore ta daɗe tana da dangantaka/aure da Chris Johnson, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar mata ta Metis Press kuma Poore da Cohen sun haɗu a lokacin da suka halarci taron mata a cikin bugawa, ciki har da waɗanda aka yi a Chicago a 1976 da 1982. Poore ta yi aikin sa kai tare da ƙungiyar mata ta Chicago Graphics Collective kuma ta zama memba na ƙungiyar Metis Press Collective, ƙungiyar mata ta Feminist Writers ; Black Maria, mujallar adabin mata ta Feminist; da kuma ƙungiyar mata ta Feminists in Alternative Business. 

## Gado
An rubuta ayyukan Poore da Cohen a cikin wani littafi mai suna 'Making History: The Revolutionary Feminist Postcard Art of Helaine Victoria Press' wanda Cohen da abokin aikinta Julia M. Allen suka rubuta. Littafin budewa yana samuwa don karantawa akan layi kuma yana dauke da fayilolin bidiyo da sauti.  An kuma adana katunan gaisuwa da fosta da manema labarai suka samar a Tarin Tarihin Mata na Sophia Smith a Kwalejin Smith, Laburare na Schlesinger - Cibiyar Nazarin Ci Gaban Radcliffe da kuma Laburare da Taskar Tarihi ta Gerber-Hart da kuma a wasu dakunan karatu.   Sun haɗa da, misali, katunan gaisuwa da ke nuna Kimura Komako da Irene Herlocker-Meyer . Jaridun da Poore da Cohen suka kafa sun yi aiki da katunan gaisuwa fiye da samar da yanayin rubutu mai sauƙi. Ya haifar da tunawa da mata. 

Poore ta rasu a ranar 27 ga Yuli, 2025 a Elgin, Illinois . Ta bar 'yan uwanta Lois (Patrick) Berg, Celia (Mark) Foster da Marilyn (Don) Thompson, da kuma 'yan uwanta Ben da Edwin Hunt.  

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