Delila Richards Abbott

**Delila M. "Dee" Richards Abbott** (4 ga Nuwamba, 1908 - 1 ga Disamba, 1998) 'yar siyasa ce kuma 'yar kasuwa 'yar Amurka. A tsawon rayuwarta ta kasance mai himma a harkokin siyasa na gida da na ƙasa, kuma nasarorin da ta samu sun kama daga rubuta littattafan almara  zuwa yin aiki a Kwamitin Ba da Shawara kan Tsaro ga Mata.  Abbott ta yi aiki don kawo ƙarin mata cikin harkokin jama'a, tana mai cewa "Mata albarkatu ne da aka yi watsi da su. Ba a san su sosai ba kuma ba a cika haɓaka cikakken ƙarfinsu ba".  Abbott ya halarci Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta LDS . Baya ga Kwamitin Ba da Shawara kan Tsaro ga Mata, Abbott ya yi aiki a kwamitoci da kamfen da yawa.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Delila M. Richards a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1908, ga John C. Richards da Clara Bacon a Yammacin Jordan, Utah .  John kafinta ne,  kuma shi da Clara dukkansu 'yan asalin Yammacin Jordan ne.  Delila ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Jordan kuma ta ci gaba da zuwa Kwalejin Kasuwanci ta LDS a Salt Lake City, Utah . A ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1930, ta auri Floyd A. Abbott, wanda shi ma mazaunin Yammacin Jordan ne na tsawon rai.   Matasan ma'auratan sun fara ƙaura zuwa Spokane, Washington, amma an tilasta musu komawa Utah da farkon Babban Mawuyacin Halin Kunci . Floyd ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Utah a 1928, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sayar da magunguna, sannan daga baya ya shiga Rundunar Sojojin Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .  Watanni biyar bayan tafiyar Floyd, Delila ta haifi ɗansu, Richard Abbott. 

## Aikin siyasa
Abbott ta fara aikinta na siyasa a ƙarshen shekarun 1940 a matsayin mai sa ido a zaɓen 'yan majalisa kuma memba a Kwamitin Tsakiya na Jam'iyyar Republican na gundumar Salt Lake.  A shekarar 1954, an zaɓe ta a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugabar Jam'iyyar Republican ta Gundumar (wani matsayi da za ta riƙe na tsawon shekaru shida masu zuwa), amma kuma ta shiga cikin harkokin jiha. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Magatakardar Kulawa ta Majalisar Dattawan Utah a 1955 (kuma a 1959)  kuma a wannan shekarar aka gayyace ta don halartar Taron Ƙasa na Mata na Jam'iyyar Republican a Washington, DC, a matsayin shugabar Taron Jihar Utah.  A shekarar 1957, an zaɓe ta a Majalisar Wakilai ta Utah .  Duk da cewa ta yi aiki na shekara ɗaya kacal, a matsayin wakili ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Kwamitocin Patronage da Dokoki kuma ta kasance memba a wasu da dama. 

A cikin shekaru 20 masu zuwa, Abbott ya riƙe ko/ko ya yi kamfen don wasu ofisoshi da mukamai na gida da na jiha da dama, waɗanda wasu daga cikinsu sun haɗa da:

* Wakilin Taron Yammacin Jam'iyyar Republican (1958) 
* Ɗan takarar Magatakardar Gundumar Salt Lake (1958) 
* Shugaban ƙungiyar ƙidayar jama'a (1961) 
* Mataimakiyar Shugabar Ƙungiyar 'Yan Republican ta Mata ta Salt Lake City (1961–62)
* Memba a Kwamitin Majalisar Mata ta Ƙasa ta Amurka (1963) 
* Memba a Kwamitin Majalisar Mata ta Duniya (1963) 
* Shugabar Majalisar Dokokin Mata ta Utah (1976) 

Daga cikin waɗannan ofisoshin, Abbott ta fi tasiri a lokacin nadin shekaru uku a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Ba da Shawara kan Tsaro na Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka kan Mata a cikin Ayyuka tun daga shekarar 1960. Manufar kwamitin ita ce ba da shawara ga Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka kan manufofi game da mata a cikin Sojoji, Sojojin Ruwa, Sojojin Sama, da Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa. An ɗauki kwamitin da kansa a matsayin "babban matsayi" na kwamitocin ba da shawara kan fararen hula na mata, kuma an ɓoye ajandarsa da kuma asalin waɗanda ke yin naɗin gaba ɗaya. A matsayinta na memba na kwamitin kuma shugabar ƙaramin kwamitin ƙungiya, Abbott ta haɓaka sauye-sauye da yawa na manufofi don taimakawa sojojin Amurka wajen amfani da matansu yadda ya kamata. Nasarorin da ta samu sun yi yawa a matsayin shugabar kwamiti, amma ta shahara a Utah saboda "ƙalubalantar" ƙa'idoji da fafutuka don ba wa mata masu hidima damar sanya tufafi masu daɗi da salo - musamman, siket ɗinsu.

## Nassoshi