Katherine Pollak Ellickson

**Katherine Pollak Ellickson** (1 ga Satumba, 1905 - 28 ga Disamba, 1996) ƙwararriyar masaniyar tattalin arziki ce ta ma'aikata 'yan Amurka. A mafi yawan lokacin aikinta, ta yi aiki a Majalisar Ƙungiyoyin Masana'antu (CIO). A lokacin gwamnatin Kennedy, ita ce babbar darekta a Hukumar Shugaban Ƙasa kan Matsayin Mata kuma ta taimaka wajen ƙirƙirar Hukumar Daidaito da Damammakin Aiki .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Katherine Pollak a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1905, a Yonkers, New York, kuma ta girma a Manhattan a tsakiyar ƙungiyar Al'adun Ɗabi'a . Mahaifinta, Francis D. Pollak, lauya ne kamar kawunta, Walter Heilprin Pollak; mahaifiyarta, Inez Cohen, mai fafutuka ce da ke da hannu a harkokin kwadago, mata, da kuma batutuwan masu saye. Ta halarci Makarantar Al'adun Ɗabi'a, wata makaranta mai zaman kanta a birnin New York, kuma ta yi karatun tattalin arziki a Vassar, inda ta sami digirin AB a shekarar 1926. Ta yi karatun digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Columbia .  

## Sana'a
Ellickson ta fara aikinta a cikin ƙungiyar ilimi ta ma'aikata, koyarwa da rubutu a Kwalejin Kwadago ta Brookwood (1929–1932), Makarantar bazara ta Bryn Mawr ga Ma'aikatan Mata a Masana'antu (1927–1949), da kuma makarantar horar da malamai ta Kudu ta Hukumar Agajin Gaggawa ta Tarayya (FERA) a 1934. Ta kuma yi aikin gona a masana'antar yadi ta Kudu da kuma sansanonin hakar kwal na West Virginia. 

A ƙarshen shekarun 1930, ta yi aiki a sabuwar Majalisar Ƙungiyoyin Masana'antu (CIO) a matsayin mataimaki ga darakta John Brophy a ofishin ƙasa, tana yin ayyukan ƙungiya, bincike, da kuma rubuta jawabai. [1] Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar masanin tattalin arziki a Hukumar Hulɗa da Ma'aikata ta Ƙasa . Ta zama Mataimakin Darakta na Bincike na CIO a 1942, tana aiki a matsayin mai hulɗa da Ofishin Kididdiga na Ma'aikata na Tarayya kuma tana wakiltar CIO a kwamitocin ba da shawara na gwamnati. Bayan haɗewa da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Amurka (AFL) a 1955, ta zama mataimakiyar darekta a Sashen Tsaron Jama'a na AFL-CIO . Daga baya ta tuna cewa AFL-CIO ba ta maraba da mata kamar yadda CIO ta yi. [2] [1]

A shekarar 1961, shugaba John F. Kennedy ya naɗa ta a matsayin darakta a hukumar shugaban ƙasa kan matsayin mata, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin babbar darakta a ƙarƙashin tsohuwar uwargidan shugaban ƙasa Eleanor Roosevelt da mataimakiyar sakatariyar kwadago Esther Peterson daga 1963 zuwa 1965. Ta kuma taimaka wajen ƙirƙirar Hukumar Daidaito da Damammaki na Aiki ta tarayya (EEOC). Ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Ayyukan Dan Adam ta Amurka kafin ta yi ritaya a 1967. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Pollak ta auri John Chester Ellickson, masanin tattalin arziki a fannin noma, a shekarar 1933. Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya biyu da jikoki uku. Ellickson ta tuna a wata hira da ta yi da ita a shekarar 1976 cewa a matsayinta na mace a cikin ƙungiyar kwadago, kasancewa matsakaiciyar aji ta taimaka mata a aikinta: tun da farko, ta sami damar samun ƙwarewa mai mahimmanci wajen aiki a ƙananan ayyuka, kuma daga baya, za ta iya ɗaukar ma'aikata don renon 'ya'yanta da kuma kula da mijinta ta hanyar tarin fuka. 

Mijin Ellickson ya mutu a shekarar 1970. Ta mutu a ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1996, a yankin ritaya na White Sands da ke La Jolla, California.  An shigar da ita cikin zauren shahara na kasa da kasa na Labour bayan mutuwarta. 

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