Lepha Eliza Bailey

**Lepha Eliza Bailey** (née, **Dunton**; 21 ga Janairu, 1845 − 1 ga Mayu, 1924) marubuciya ce ta Amurka, malami, kuma mai gyara zamantakewa.

An wuce yarinta a Wisconsin lokacin da wannan ɓangaren ƙasar ya zama jeji. Bayan haka, ta zama malami na sunan ƙasa a kan kamewa da ikon mata. A shekara ta 1880, an gayyace ta don yin magana a karkashin jagorancin National Prohibition Alliance . Ta amsa kuma ta ci gaba da aiki a gabashin Amurka har sai wannan al'umma ta rushe, kuma a ƙarshe ta haɗu da Jam'iyyar haramtacciyar doka, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin ta yi aiki na shekaru a kan motsi na kamewa.

Ta gabatar da daruruwan laccoci kan batutuwan sake fasalin, kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin da suka fi ƙwarewa a fagen haramtacciyar doka. Ta ba da gudummawa sosai ga manema labarai na lokaci-lokaci, ta shirya sassan daban-daban a cikin jaridu, kuma ita ce marubucin ayyuka da yawa a cikin rubutu da aya.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Lepha Eliza Dunton a Battle Creek, Michigan, a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 1845. Mahaifinta dan asalin Scotch ne. Iyaye biyu an haife su kuma sun girma a Georgia, Vermont, kuma danginsu sun kunshi yara tara, duk an haife shi a Georgia da Vermont, ban da Bailey, ƙarami. Daga Vermont, iyayenta sun tafi, tare da dukan iyalinsu, zuwa Battle Creek a farkon 1840. Michigan a wannan lokacin hamada ce da ba a karya ba.

Ta sami karatunta a makarantun jama'a na garinsu,  kuma a Kwalejin Battle Creek (wanda ya zama Jami'ar Andrews). 

## Ayyuka
Bailey ya zama malami a makarantar karkara lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha huɗu kawai. A farkon rayuwarsa, Bailey ya ba da gudummawa ga takardun gida. Ta kasance memba na kungiyoyi da yawa na cikin gida, ciki har da Ƙungiyar Mata ta Kirista (WCTU), Masarautar Masana'antu, Tsarin Mai Zaman Kanta na Good Templars, da Grangers, kuma ta kasance jami'in kowannensu. Lokacin da motsi na ja-ribbon ya zama sananne, Bailey ta yi sha'awar ci gabanta, kuma ta yi amfani da aikinta a matsayin mai magana daga aikinta na gida don WCTU da kungiyoyin ja-ribaron.

Bailey ya shirya sashen a cikin Our Age, wanda aka buga a Battle Creek, ya ci gaba da shekaru uku. A cikin 1876-77, ta rubuta abubuwa da yawa ga Baƙon Grange, kuma ta ba da jawabai game da batun aiki a gaban taron Grangers, a wannan lokacin da ke bunƙasa a Michigan. A shekara ta 1878, kwamitin gyare-gyare na Jiha ya gayyace ta, don yin bincike kan gundumar ta kan batun gyare- gyare-garen da aka gabatar wa mutane. Ta ba da laccoci 200, tana magana a birane, ƙauyuka, da gundumomin makaranta. Shekaru biyu da suka gabata, Bailey ta kasance tana magana a wasu lokuta game da batun kamewa da zaɓen mata, amma aikinta na jama'a ya fara ne da kamfen ɗin gyare-gyare a cikin jiharta, bayan haka, tana ci gaba da aiki a fagen, bayan da ta kasance mai aiki sosai a kowace jiha inda aka kaddamar da kamfen na gyare- gyare-gine. A cikin 1880, an gayyaci Bailey don yin magana a ƙarƙashin jagorancin National Prohibition Alliance . Ta amsa, kuma ta yi aiki a fagen har sai wannan al'umma ta rushe, kuma a ƙarshe ta haɗu da Jam'iyyar haramtacciyar.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
A ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1873, ta auri Lewis Bailey, na Battle Creek . Biyu daga cikin 'ya'yansu huɗu sun mutu tun suna jariri.

Lepha Bailey ta mutu a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1924, a Lake Worth, Florida, kuma an binne ta a Kabari na Pinecrest a Lake Worth . 

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Ayyukan da suka shafiMace ta Karni / Lepha Eliza Baileya Wikisource