Hanyar Barbara

**Barbara "Dusty" Roads** (9 ga Afrilu, 1928 - 21 ga Nuwamba, 2023) 'yar Amurka ce mai fafutukar kwadago kuma mai kula da jirgin sama ta American Airlines . Ta yi nasarar yaƙi da tsarin korar ma'aikatan jirgin sama a duk faɗin masana'antar da zarar sun kai shekara 32, inda ta yi nuni da wariyar jinsi idan aka kwatanta da matuƙan jirgin sama maza. Ta taimaka wajen kafa Ƙungiyar Masu Hidimar Jiragen Sama na Ƙwararru a 1977, ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata masu zaman kansu.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Roads kuma ta girma a unguwar Gates Mills da ke Cleveland, Ohio a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1928.   Tun tana yarinya, tana da sha'awar zama matukin jirgi, amma ta tuna cewa mahaifinta ya gaya mata cewa kamfanonin jiragen sama "ba sa ɗaukar mata aiki". 

Roads ta kammala karatunta a Kwalejin Flora Stone Mather . Mahaifinta, Conger G. Roads, lauya ne. Barbara tana da ɗan'uwa. 

## Aiki da fafutuka
Roads ta shiga American Airlines a matsayin mai kula da jirgin sama a shekarar 1950. A shekarar 1953, kamfanin jirgin ya aiwatar da sauye-sauye a kwangilolin masu kula da jiragen sama wanda zai tilasta wa ' riƙewa da wuri ' yana da shekaru 32. Ba da daɗewa ba aka amince da wannan doka a duk faɗin masana'antar jiragen sama. Hanyoyi sun yi kira ga ƙungiyar Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association (ALSSA) da ta yi yaƙi da wannan doka bisa dalilan wariyar jinsi.  Roads ta yi aiki a matsayin mai sasantawa kan kwangila ga ALSSA, da kuma shugabar sansanin Los Angeles. A shekarar 1958, an naɗa ta a matsayin mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a na ƙasa na ALSSA. Yayin da take aiki a Washington, DC, ta yi abota da 'yar majalisa Martha W. Griffiths da Sanata Margaret Chase Smith, inda ta sami goyon bayansu ga manufarta. 

Roads ta ci gaba da fafutukar har zuwa shekarun 1960 kuma ta kan yi wa 'yan siyasa da shahararrun mutane ihu a lokacin da ake tashi da jiragen sama, ciki har da Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa na wancan lokacin Richard Nixon .  A wani taron manema labarai a shekarar 1963, Roads ta yi wa 'yan jarida tambaya "Shin ina kama da tsohuwar jaka?", inda ta sanya kanun labarai a jaridu a fadin kasar tare da daga martabar kasa game da batun wariyar jinsi. 

Bayan amincewa da Dokar 'Yancin Bil'adama ta 1964, Roads ta haɗu da sauran ma'aikatan jirgin sama don shigar da ƙarar farko ta hana nuna wariya a Amurka. A cewar Roads: "Dokar ta ce Hukumar Daidaito Damar Aiki za ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1965. Mun kasance a bakin ƙofarsu." [1] A ƙarshe an yi nasara a shari'arsu a shekarar 1968 lokacin da EEOC ta yanke hukunci da ya hana "ƙayyade shekarun aiki" daga American Airlines da sauran masana'antar jiragen sama. [2]

A shekarar 1977, Roads ta taimaka wajen kafa Ƙungiyar Masu Hidimar Jiragen Sama ta Ƙwararru, ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata masu zaman kansu.  Hanyoyi sun yi ritaya suna da shekaru 66. 

## Daga baya rayuwa da mutuwa
A shekarar 2017, an karrama Roads a matsayin "Mace Mai Bin Ka'ida a Aiki da Kasuwanci" ta hanyar Shirin Tarihin Mata na Ƙasa saboda aikinta na yaƙi da wariyar jinsi a cikin masana'antar jiragen sama. 

Hanyoyi sun mutu a Santa Rosa, California a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 95. 

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