Millicent Armstrong

**Millicent Sylvia Armstrong** (1 ga Mayu 1888 - 18 ga Nuwamba 1973) marubuciya ce ta wasan kwaikwayo ta Australiya kuma manomi wacce ta rubuta da farko game da abubuwan da suka faru na rayuwar ƙasa a farkon karni na 20 a Ostiraliya. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da umarni a yakin duniya na farko a Faransa, kuma an ba ta lambar yabo ta Croix de Guerre don jaruntaka wajen ceto sojoji da suka ji rauni yayin da suke cikin wuta.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Armstrong a Waverley, Sydney a ranar 1 ga Mayu 1888. Ita ce 'yar ta huɗu ta ɗan ƙasar Ireland William Harvey Armstrong da ɗan ƙasar Tasmania Jeanie (née Williams). Ta yi karatu a Faransanci da Latin a 1905 kuma ta shiga Jami'ar Sydney don nazarin zane-zane, bayan 'yan uwanta mata biyu, Ina Beatrice da Helen Daphne . Ta kammala karatun BA tare da girmamawa na farko a Turanci a 1910. 'Yar'uwar Millicent, Helen, wacce za ta yi aiki tare da ita a kan wasan kwaikwayo da wani littafi, ta kammala karatu tare da girmamawa na farko a Faransanci, Turanci da Jamusanci a cikin 1902.

## Kwarewar yaƙi
A shekara ta 1914 Armstrong ya yi tafiya zuwa Ingila don neman aikin rubutu amma ya shiga cikin aikin yakin duniya na kusan nan take. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da asibiti a Ingila da Faransa: a Ingila a cikin shekaru biyu na farko na yakin, sannan a Faransa tare da Asibitocin Mata na Scotland don Ayyukan Kasashen Waje na shekaru biyu da rabi.

Ta lashe Croix de Guerre saboda jaruntaka wajen ceto sojoji da suka ji rauni yayin da suke cikin wuta.

Ya kasance a lokacin da take ma'aikaciyar jinya a asibitin Auxiliaire d'Armee No. 30 a Faransa cewa, 'Na fara gwada hannuna a kan wasan kwaikwayo - wani bangare a Faransanci kuma wani bangare na Turanci, na yi aiki a daya ko wani daga cikin unguwanni da ma'aikatan da kuma kowane daga cikin albarkatun da suka isa su shiga cikin nishaɗi, don nishaɗin sauran asibitin. Babu masu sauraro da suka fi alheri da sauƙin nishaɗi! Duk wani abu ya sauka tare da su, daga mafi kyawun melodrama zuwa pantomime da kuma nunawa iri-iri.

## Rayuwa a matsayin manomi
A cikin 1919, bayan yakin, Armstrong ya koma Ostiraliya. A shekara ta 1921 ta ɗauki wani yanki na soja a Clear Hills, Gunning, New South Wales .  Ginin da ke da kadada 1028 a baya ya kasance na mijinta Ina. Ya haɗu da ƙasar da 'yar'uwarta Helen ta samu daga baya. Sun noma kayan lambu, furanni, aladu da ulu tare amma sun fuskanci bashi da yawancin matsalolin da wasu da suka sami ƙasa ta hanyar shirin Soja Settlement suka fuskanta.&nbsp;

Bayan mutuwar Helen a 1939, Millicent ya zama makiyaya a Kirkdale, Yarra, kusa da Goulburn . A shekara ta 1953, tana zaune a garin Goulburn inda ta mutu a shekara ta 1973. 

## Ayyukan rubuce-rubuce
Millicent Armstrong ta rubuta wasan kwaikwayo da kuma wani littafi da ba a buga ba, Five Pretty Sisters, tare da 'yar'uwarta, Helen .  Babu wani rubuce-rubucen da ta rubuta a lokacin yaƙi da ya tsira, amma wasan kwaikwayon da ta rubuta da aka karɓa sosai kuma sun sami lambar yabo. Wasanni goma sha ɗaya sun tsira kuma an sake buga wasu a cikin tarin.

Wasan farko na Armstrong bayan yakin shine *Wutar*, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta uku a gasar rubuce-rubucen wasan kwaikwayo ta *Sydney Daily Telegraph* a 1923.

A cikin wannan shekarar, *fari*, wasan kwaikwayon game da wani manomi mai baƙo na Makidoniya wanda ya kashe kansa kafin mummunan *fari* ya ƙare, ya lashe kyautar Rupert Brooke, wanda Old Collegians Association of the Presbyterian Ladies' College of Melbourne ta kafa a 1919 don tunawa da zaman lafiya. An zaɓi wasan ne daga cikin abubuwan da aka gabatar sama da 100, inda ya lashe kyautar don mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo guda ɗaya da Australiya ko New Zealand ya rubuta. An samar da shi a Playhouse, Melbourne, a watan Yunin 1924. A shekara ta 1934 ya kasance daya daga cikin masu lashe lambar yabo uku a gasar wasan kwaikwayo ta kasa da kasa ta 1934 kuma an samar da shi a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na St Martin, London a ranar 3 ga Yuni 1934. BBC ta kuma watsa fari daga London a ranar 11 ga Disamba 1934 da 3KZ (Melbourne) 10 ga Mayu 1938.  Harrap ne ya buga wasan a Landan, 1934: Kyautar Ɗaya ta Ayyuka sannan a cikin tarin wasan kwaikwayo na Armstrong, Plays in One Act a 1958.

Har ila yau an buga shi a cikin Plays in One Act sune *Thomas*, wanda kungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta Armidale, Armidale، New South Wales ta fara samarwa a shekarar 1959; da kuma Penny Dreadful wanda kungiyar wasan kwaikwayon Diamond Valley ta fara samar da shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Arrow, Melbourne, 8 ga watan Agusta 1961.

An buga wasan kwaikwayon A Dusk a cikin tarin 1937 Best Australian One-Act Plays editing by Tom Inglis-Moore da William Moore. Wani wasan kwaikwayo mai ban tsoro game da 'yan'uwa mata biyu da ke zaune a cikin daji na Australiya, daya daga cikinsu ya mutu daga tsoro bayan ya sadu da wani mummunan mutum daga baya, an bayyana shi a matsayin 'tsuntsu' 'yanayin iyaka' wanda yawanci ya ga mata da aka rubuta a matsayin masu ceto maimakon wadanda ke fama da yanayin nuna bambanci.[ing] ' [1] A Dusk yana da tarihin wasan kwaikwayo mai arziki kuma Sydney Drama Society ne ya samar da shi a ranar 23 ga Yuli 1938, ta Sydney Players' Club a 1939, Maryborough Arts Society (5 Yuni 1954) kuma a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Napier Street, Kudancin Melbourne, c.1993. Phoenix Productions ne suka zagaya shi a 1956 (dir. Musgrave Horner), a tsakanin sauran shirye-shirye.

Sauran wasannin Armstrong sun hada da:

* The Mood Sets (1958) 
* *Goblin Gold* (c. 1938) 
* Windward (ba a san kwanan wata ba) 
* *Nina* (c. 1936) 

An rubuta Archibalds mai banƙyama (1931) tare da 'yar'uwar Millicent Helen.

## Dubi kuma

* Sauran sanannun mata masu sa kai a asibitocin mata na Scotland don hidimar kasashen waje
* Mata a Yaƙin Duniya na I
* Mata na Australiya a Yaƙin Duniya na I
* Yakin Serbia (1914-1915) 

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