Stella Alexander (ƴar siyasa ta Amurka)

**Stella May McCutcheon Burkhart Alexander** (2 ga Yuli, 1881  8 ga Janairu, 1960)  'yar siyasa ce 'yar Amurka wadda ta yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Issaquah, Washington, daga 1932 har zuwa 1934. Mace ta farko da ta zama magajin garin Issaquah, Alexander ta fuskanci adawa mai tsanani daga majalisar garin da sauran jami'an gwamnati, kuma bayan ta tsira daga koke-koke biyu na sake kiranta, an cire ta daga mukami ta hanyar zaben sake kiranta a 1934. Kafin a zabe ta magajin gari, Alexander ta kasance memba na Majalisar Garin Issaquah. Bayan an sake kiranta, Alexander ta koma Renton, inda take gudanar da otal.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Alexander a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1881, a Lancaster, Pennsylvania .  Tana ɗaya daga cikin yara shida da suka rabu lokacin da iyayensu suka rabu. A lokacin ƙuruciyarta, Alexander ta shafe lokaci tana zaune tare da babbar 'yar uwarta da kuma gidan marayu kafin ta shiga bauta ga wani mutum mai suna Josiah Summy. Summy ta yi watsi da Alexander a California a shekarar 1895, lokacin tana da shekaru 13 ko 14.  Alexander ta auri Fredrick Burkhart a shekarar 1901, duk da haka, auren ya ƙare da saki bayan Alexander ya gano cewa sabon mijinta ya riga ya auri wata mace.  Aure na biyu na Alexander shine da John Alexander a shekarar 1919. Su biyun sun ƙaura zuwa Issaquah, Washington, jim kaɗan bayan haka. 

## Aikin siyasa
A ranar 8 ga Maris, 1932, an zaɓi Alexander a matsayin Magajin Garin Issaquah da ƙuri'u 195, inda ta sami rinjayen ƙuri'u 59 akan abokin hamayyarta.  Jaridar Seattle Star ta yaba da nasararta ga haɗin gwiwar matan gida da uwaye a Issaquah. Jim kaɗan bayan zaɓenta, Alexander ta bayyana shirinta ga al'umma, tana mai cewa za ta tafiyar da gwamnatin garin kamar "gidan da aka ƙera." A watan Yunin 1932, Alexander ta yi kira ga taimakon jiha da tarayya don magance rashin aikin yi a Washington a taron magadan gari na duk faɗin jihar, wani fafutukar da aka amince da ita gaba ɗaya.

A ranar 21 ga Yuli, 1933, an shigar da ƙarar neman a yi wa Alexander kira da laifin aikata rashin adalci da kuma karya rantsuwar da ta yi. Mazauna garin 202 ne suka sanya hannu kan takardar neman a yi wa birnin kira, fiye da yawancin waɗanda suka zaɓe ta.  Charles McQuade, memba na majalisar garin Issaquah, ya yi tsokaci cewa "mun zaɓi magajin garinta, amma tana tunanin ita ce mai mulkin kama-karya kuma tana ƙoƙarin gudanar da dukkan shirin."  Alexander ya rasa goyon bayan kusan dukkan gwamnatin garin, inda mambobi uku na majalisar garin suka yi murabus, ma'ajin garin ya ƙi aiwatar da duk wani kuɗaɗe, kuma shugaban kashe gobara ya yi murabus.  Bayan tafiyarsa, tsohon shugaban kashe gobara na garin ya ce Alexander zai "ja motar ya yi yaƙi da gobarar da kanta" idan gobara ta tashi.  Hankali ya tashi cikin sauri a garin, inda tarzoma ta barke kuma ta haifar da raunuka da yawa.  Majalisar birnin ta naɗa  garin McQuade kuma Alexander ya mayar da martani ta hanyar ƙoƙarin naɗa majalisar da za ta maye gurbinta ba tare da wani sharaɗi ba. Rikicin ya kai kotu, inda alkalin kotun King County ya yanke hukuncin cewa Alexander ba shi da ikon naɗa sabuwar majalisa amma kuma ya soke buƙatar sake kiran.   Alkalin ya bayyana zaman a matsayin "wanda ya saba wa ƙa'idoji" saboda Alexander bai sami sanarwar da ta dace game da buƙatar sake kiran ba. 

A ranar 16 ga Agusta, an fara ƙoƙarin sake kiran zaɓe na biyu. Masu shigar da ƙara sun jira su shigar da ƙarar har sai bayan sun sanar da tuhume-tuhumen da aka yi musu domin guje wa matsalolin da suka shafi ƙoƙarin da ya gabata.   Wannan kiran zaɓen ma ya gaza da sauri kuma an shigar da ƙara ta uku a ranar 29 ga Satumba.  A watan Nuwamba, Alexander ta kai ƙarar masu shirya wannan ƙoƙarin bisa zargin ɓata suna, tana mai cewa ya jawo "wulaƙanci da lalata lafiyarta".  Washegari, Alexander ta sha kaye a shari'a don hana sake zaɓen na biyu, inda alkali ya yanke hukuncin cewa gaskiyar zarge-zargen ba ta da wani tasiri kan ko za a iya kada ƙuri'ar sake zaɓen.  Yaƙin neman zaɓen sake zaɓen ya kasance da maganganu masu kaifi, inda abokan hamayyar Alexander suka kwatanta ta da "Madame Mussolini" kuma suka zarge ta da kafa "mulkin kama-karya na mata ba bisa ƙa'ida ba".  An gudanar da zaɓen sake zaɓen a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1934, kuma an kira Alexander da ƙuri'u 206 na goyon baya da kuma ƙuri'u 85 na adawa.  

Alexander ta ci gaba da kasancewa cikin kyakkyawan yanayi bayan an kira ta, tana yi wa *jaridar The News Tribune* barkwanci cewa "A karo na gaba [za ta] fita don yin babban aiki."  A kwanakin da suka biyo bayan kiran, Alexander ta sami goyon baya daga tsohuwar Magajin Garin Seattle Bertha Landes, wacce ta kafa tarihi a matsayin mace ta farko da aka zaba a matsayin magajin garin wani babban birni na Amurka.   Duk da kyawawan halayenta na farko, Alexander ta ƙi mayar da makullan zauren majalisar na tsawon mako guda bayan zaben, wanda ya hana magajin garin rikon kwarya karbar mulki a hukumance.  Daga ƙarshe an mayar da makullan a daren 8 ga Janairu. Matakin farko na majalisar birnin bayan an kira shi shine biyan wasu kuɗaɗen garin, waɗanda suka zargi Alexander da aikata ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a baya. 

Alexander ta sake neman mukaman siyasa sau da yawa a cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya. A shekarar 1934, ta sake tsayawa takarar magajin gari amma ta sha kaye, inda ta samu kuri'u uku kacal.  Daga baya a wannan shekarar ta shigar da ƙara don tsayawa takarar wakilin jiha a matsayin ɗan Republican .  A shekarar 1938, Alexander ta tsaya takarar neman wakilcin jiha a matsayin ɗan Democrat .  Ta nemi takarar Republican a matsayin Sakataren Harkokin Waje na Washington a shekarar 1940.  Ba ta yi zaɓen 'yan Republican a shekarar 1934 ko 1938 ba, amma a shekarar 1940 ta sami ƙuri'u 12,233 (2.80% na jimillar). 

## Rayuwa daga baya
Alexander ta bar Issaquah zuwa Renton a shekarar 1936, shekaru uku bayan an sake kiranta.  Ita da mijinta sun sayi otal a can, wanda suka kula da shi tare.  Bayan mutuwar mijinta a shekarar 1950, Alexander ta sayar da otal ɗin da mafi yawan kadarorinta domin ta rayu da kuɗin da aka samu.  Ta mutu a wani otal a Seattle a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1960. 

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