Helen Augusta Howard

Helen Augusta Howard (Mayu 11, 1865 - Yuni 10, 1934) yar Amurka ce kuma mai ba da taimako. An haifi Howard a Columbus, Jojiya, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin membobin da suka kafa Ƙungiyar Suffrage ta Georgia (GWSA).

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Howard a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1865, a Columbus, Georgia, kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwa goma sha biyar.  Howard shine ƙaramin yaro kuma ya girma akan gidan iyali, Sherwood Hall (gidajen su na antebellum ).   Mahaifin Howard ya mutu lokacin da yake ƙarami don haka mahaifiyarta ta sami matsala wajen biyan haraji a Sherwood Hall.  Howard ya ji takaicin yadda mata za su biya haraji duk da haka inda ba su da wakilci a gwamnati kuma ba za su iya zabe ba.  Ta yi karatu na tsawon shekaru biyu a Staunton, Virginia, kuma tana sha'awar rubuce-rubucen John Stuart Mill . 

## Ayyukan aiki
A cikin 1890, Miss Howard, mahaifiyarta, da 'yan uwanta mata sun shirya Ƙungiyar Suffrage ta Georgia (GWSA).   Manufar kafa kungiyar ita ce wayar da kan jama'a game da rashin daidaito a harkokin zabe ba wai ta shafi doka kai tsaye ba. Matan kungiyar ba su dauki kansu a matsayin kungiyar siyasa ba. Manyan dalilai guda biyu na zaɓen da matan da aka yi amfani da su sune (1) ana biyan mata haraji don haka yakamata a wakilta su kuma (2) dimokuradiyya tana samun ikonta daga waɗanda ake mulka da mata. A cikin 1894, Howard ya yi magana a Ƙungiyar Suffrage ta Mata ta Ƙasa (NAWSA) a Washington, DC, kuma ya shawo kan wakilai don yin babban taro na gaba a Atlanta .   Howard da ’yan’uwanta mata ne suka tallafa wa taron gunduma a Atlanta.  Bayan taron gunduma na Atlanta a shekara ta 1895, Susan B. Anthony ta zo ta ziyarci Columbus da ’yan’uwa ’yan’uwa Howard a Majami’ar Sherwood. 

Howard ya ɗauki jarrabawar aikin gwamnati a shekara ta 1897 kuma ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama ma'aikaciyar jama'a a Columbus, Jojiya.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin ma’aikacin odar kuɗi a gidan waya har zuwa shekara ta 1900, inda wataƙila an tilasta mata fita don ’yan’uwanta ba sa son ta yi aiki.  Howard ya ci gaba da aikin sa kai a matsayin mataimakin shugaban GWSA a 1901.  A cikin 1908, ta yi magana a taron zaɓe na jihar 1908. 

Howard ya kasance mai yawan rashin yarda da Allah kuma ya kasance mai cin ganyayyaki .  Ta zama abin kunya ga mafi yawan masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na danginta da yayyenta daga ƙarshe sun yanke kuɗi ga Howard. 

## Daga baya rai da mutuwa
A cikin 1920, Howard a fili ya harbe wani yaro da gangan yana keta a Sherwood Hall kuma yaron yana asibiti kuma a ƙarshe ya murmure.  Koyaya, an tuhumi Howard da niyyar kisan kai.  Lauyan Howard shine Viola Ross Napier, daya daga cikin mata na farko da suka fara aiki da doka a Jojiya.  Duk da haka, an yanke wa Howard hukuncin daurin shekaru daya zuwa biyu.  ’Yan’uwan Howard sun yi yaƙi don a sassauta mata hukuncin kuma Gwamna Thomas Hardwick ya gafarta wa Howard a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 1921.  Ba da daɗewa ba, Howard ya koma birnin New York . 

Howard ya mutu a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1934, a birnin New York.  An binne gawarta a garinsu na Columbus, Jojiya a makabartar Lindwood .  Dutsen kabarinta, wanda kawaye suka gina, yana karanta "Altruist, Artist, Philosopher, and Philanthropist" a karkashin sunanta da kuma "SHAHADA" a cikin manyan haruffa a kasa.  

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## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* Augusta Howard's Dress