Felicia Browne

**Felicia Mary Browne** (18 ga Fabrairu 1904 - 25 ga Agusta 1936) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce kuma 'yar kwaminisanci 'yar Ingila. Ita ce kaɗai mace 'yar Birtaniya da ta yi yaƙi kuma 'yar Birtaniya ta farko da ta mutu a Yaƙin Basasa na Spain .   Ba a gano gawarta ba.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Felicia Mary Browne a Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey, a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 1904. Ita ce 'ya ta uku kuma ta huɗu cikin 'ya'ya biyar da Edith ( *née* Johnston) (1875–1931) ta haifa, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo da Harold Browne (1875–1924), darektan kamfani a wata hukumar talla.  Browne ta yi karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta St John's Wood da Makarantar Fasaha ta Slade tsakanin 1920–21 da 1927–28. Da ta isa Slade tana da ƙaramar shekaru 16, ta kasance ta zamani da William Coldstream, Clive Branson, Claude Rogers da Nan Youngman .

## Sana'a
Ta yi tafiya zuwa Berlin a shekarar 1928 don yin karatun aikin ƙarfe kuma ta zama ɗalibi a wani mai ginin dutse. Tana zaune a Berlin a lokacin da aka fara juyin mulkin gurguzu na ƙasa kuma ta shiga ayyukan yaƙi da mulkin kama-karya.  Wani labari ya bayyana yadda ta shiga yaƙi da Nazi a kan tituna. A farkon shekarun 1930 ta koma Birtaniya, ta bar sassaka da kayan aikinta. Browne ta ziyarci Tarayyar Soviet a shekarar 1931  kuma a shekarar 1933 ta shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Burtaniya, inda ta jawo hankalin M15 da Reshen Musamman waɗanda suka ci gaba da sa ido a kanta har sai da ta tafi Spain a shekarar 1936. 

Ta kuma zama memba mai himma a Ƙungiyar Ƙasa da Ƙasa ta Masu Fasaha, kuma a shekarar 1934 ta lashe kyautar ƙira ta lambar yabo ta Tolpuddle ta Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya .  Ta ba da gudummawar fasaha ga *Left Review* . 

## Shiga cikin Yaƙin Basasa na Spain
A watan Yulin 1936, Browne ta yi hutun tuki zuwa Faransa da Spain, tare da kawarta Dr Edith Bone, mai ɗaukar hoto ta hagu.  Manufarsu ita ce su isa Barcelona a lokacin gasar Olympics ta Jama'a (martani daga Soviet ga wasannin Olympics a Berlin na Hitler ). Duk da haka, sun isa jim kaɗan kafin tawayen sojoji a kan jamhuriyar Spain wanda ya yi shelar fara Yaƙin Basasa na Spain (1936–1939), kuma nan da nan suka kamu da tashin hankalin da ya mamaye Barcelona a ranar 19 ga Yulin 1936. A ranar 3 ga Agusta 1936, bayan yunƙuri da dama, ta yi nasarar shiga cikin ƙungiyar PSUC (Kwaminisancin Catalan) Karl Marx don yin yaƙi a Aragon a gefen Zaragoza.  A cewar wakilin *Daily Express* Sydney Smith, ta nemi a ɗauke ta aiki don yin yaƙi, tana mai bayyana cewa "Ni memba ne na 'yan gurguzu na London kuma zan iya yaƙi kamar kowane mutum."  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan shiga, ta rubuta wa ƙawarta Elizabeth Watson wasiƙa tana bayyana sha'awar shiga cikin lamarin; "A bayyane yake babu damar zuwa makarantar koyon tukin jirgin sama saboda ganina, Allah ya tsine masa." 

## Mutuwa da tunawa
A ranar 25 ga Agusta 1936, an kashe Browne a fafatawa a filin jirgin Aragón kusa da Tardienta, yayin da take cikin ƙungiyar mahara da suka yi ƙoƙarin harba rokoki na Nationalist . An yi wa ƙungiyar kwanton bauna kuma an harbe Browne har lahira yayin da take taimaka wa wani ɗan jam'iyyar Republican na Italiya da ya ji rauni. [1] Dole ne a bar gawar Browne a can amma sauran sojojinta sun ɗauki littafin zane daga kayanta cike da zane-zanen sauran sojojinta. Waɗannan sun nufi Tom Wintringham, ɗan jarida na Daily Worker, wanda ya ba Harry Pollitt shawara cewa Ƙungiyar Masu Fasaha ta Duniya (AIA) ta sayar da su don tara kuɗi don agajin Spain. AIA ta gabatar da Browne a matsayin misali na wani mai fasaha da ya zaɓi ɗaukar matakin siyasa kai tsaye. [2]

Kawarta kuma abokin aikinta Nan Youngman, wacce mutuwarta ta shafa sosai, ta shirya bikin baje kolin tunawa da ita a watan Oktoban 1936.

## Duba kuma

* Shapurji Saklatvala
* Rundunar Sojan Burtaniya
* Charlie Hutchison
* Bill Alexander
* Ralph Winston Fox
* Thora Silverthorne

## Manazarta