Fay Allen (malami)

**Fay E. Allen** (Janairu 4, 1887 - Oktoba 17, 1974) ita ce Ba’amurke Ba’amurke ta farko da ta taɓa yin aiki a Hukumar Ilimi ta Los Angeles . Ta yi wa’adi biyu tsakanin 1939 da 1943. Bayan ta bar hukumar, ta ci gaba da kasancewa mai himma a siyasa har zuwa mutuwarta.

## Bayani
Fay E. Allen 'yar Silas Seth Weeks ce, wani mawaki da aka san shi a duniya, kuma tsohuwar Eliza Jane Clark. Iyayenta sun rabu lokacin da Fay take ƙarama (mahaifinta ya sake yin aure a 1892). Mahaifinta, wanda aka fi sani da SS Weeks, ya ƙaura zuwa Turai ya zama memba na Ƙungiyar Mawakan Kiɗa a Faransa. 

## Ilimin farko da aiki
Allen ta yi karatun kiɗa a ƙasarta ta haihuwa ta Iowa, Illinois, da Colorado. A lokacin da take ƙarama, ta kan ziyarci mahaifinta akai-akai a Turai, inda za ta yi karatun piano, bututun organ, da ƙungiyar makaɗa. Sau da yawa ana gayyatar uba da 'ya don yin wasa a masarautar Turai, ciki har da Sarki Gustav na Sweden . 

Daga baya Allen ya yi karatunsa na musamman a Jami'ar Illinois da Jami'ar California, Los Angeles . 

## Malami kuma mai kula da makaranta

Allen malamar kiɗa ce a LAUSD kuma an bayyana ta a matsayin "mai hankali, mai tafiya da ƙwarewa" a cikin *jaridar Los Angeles Times* .   Ta sadaukar da kanta ga ɗaliban da ta yi aiki da su kuma tana son yin tasiri mai girma. A shekarar 1937, Allen ta fara tsayawa takarar kujera a hukumar kuma ta sha kaye.

Allen ba ta yi kasa a gwiwa ba saboda gazawarta ta farko, ta sake tsayawa takarar kujerar a shekarar 1939, tana fafutukar ganin an tsara manhajar makarantu, an gyara su, an kuma sabunta su, an kuma yi musu kwaskwarima, an kuma yi musu kwaskwarima bayan kammala karatun sakandare, sannan aka zabi mambobin hukumar makaranta bisa ga gunduma.  A yakin neman zabenta na biyu, an amince da ita daga Federation for Civic Betterment, wata kungiya da aka yi la'akari da ita a matsayin mai tsattsauran ra'ayi a lokacin. Duk da ra'ayin kafofin watsa labarai game da Tarayyar, duk da haka, sun taimaka wajen tabbatar da Allen ta sami kujera a hukumar; an zabe ta a ranar 2 ga Mayu, kuma an rantsar da ita a ranar Juma'a, 26 ga Mayu, 1939 (maimakon 1 ga Yuli, lokacin da sabon wa'adin ya fara a hukumance), don kammala wa'adin da ba a kammala ba na magabatanta, Margarete Clark.   A cewar jaridar *Los Angeles Times,* Mrs. Allen ita ce mace 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta rike mukami a wani babban birni na Amurka. 

Manajan kamfen ɗin Allen, Gilbert W. Lindsay, daga baya ya zama baƙar fata na farko a Majalisar Birnin Los Angeles . 

A lokacin da take cikin kwamitin gudanarwa, Allen ta sami cikakken bincike, duk da cewa tana da goyon baya mai yawa daga ƙungiyoyi kamar Ƙungiyar Malamai ta Los Angeles, Majalisar Ƙungiyar Masana'antu ta LA, da Kwamitin Tsakiya na Jam'iyyar Democrat ta LA. Takaddamar da ta shafi zamanta a kwamitin gudanarwa ta ci gaba a lokacin da kuma bayan wa'adinta. 

A lokacin zaɓen fidda gwani na shugaban ƙasa na jam'iyyar Democrat na 1940, Allen ya shiga cikin jerin 'yan takarar hagu da aka yi wa laftanar gwamna Ellis E. Patterson alƙawarin zama shugaban ƙasa.  Sun yi adawa da shugaban ƙasa Franklin D. Roosevelt saboda ya fi mai da hankali kan harkokin ƙasashen waje kuma bai isa ya mayar da hankali kan rashin aikin yi a cikin gida ba.  Takardar zaɓen Patterson ta sha kashi a hannun Roosevelt da tazarar maki goma sha biyar da ɗaya. 

Ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin da Allen ya samu yayin da yake aiki a Hukumar ita ce a shekarar 1941, a lokacin tattaunawa game da kasafin kuɗi na 1941-42. Akwai tanadi a cikin kasafin kuɗin da aka tsara don karɓar kuɗin makaranta ga mutanen da ke halartar azuzuwan ilimin manya. Da farko, Mrs. Allen ita ce kaɗai a cikin kwamitin mambobi bakwai da suka nuna adawa da matakin. Duk da haka, bayan ɗalibai, malamai, da 'yan ƙasa (ciki har da membobin Kwamitin Tsakiya na Democrat na Gundumar Los Angeles) sun haɗu da Mrs. Allen suna adawa da kuɗin makaranta a wani zaman sauraron jama'a, sauran membobin kwamitin shida sun janye goyon bayansu ga shawarar. 

A shekarar 1943, Mrs. Allen ta sha kaye a takararta ta neman wa'adi na uku duk da goyon bayan da ta samu daga Ƙungiyar Malamai ta Amurka, Majalisar Ƙungiyoyin Masana'antu . Ƙungiyar Ma'aikata ta Amurka, Majalisar Mutanen da ke Magana da Mutanen Espanya, SCMWA, da Ƙungiyar Mawaka, Local 767. Ta kuma sami goyon baya daga fitattun mutane da dama, ciki har da Charlotta Bass (mawallafin *California Eagle* ), ɗan Majalisar Tarayya Augustus Hawkins, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Clarence Muse, mai nishadantarwa Ethel Waters, da Al S. Waxman (mawallafin *Eastside Journal* ). 

A zaɓen fidda gwani, Mrs. Allen ta zo ta huɗu a zaɓen kujeru huɗu masu yawa, amma ita kaɗai ce daga cikin waɗanda suka fi samun ƙuri'u waɗanda ba su sami isassun ƙuri'u ba don guje wa zagaye na biyu. A ranar 4 ga Mayu na wannan shekarar, ta fafata da Marie M. Adams, wacce ta zo ta biyar, a zagaye na biyu. Jaridar *[[Los Angeles Times]]* da *Daily News sun goyi bayan Mrs. Adams.* Lokacin da masu goyon bayan Mrs. Allen suka zargi magoya bayan Mrs. Adams da saka wariya a cikin kamfen ɗin, *jaridar Times* ta kare amincewarsu ta hanyar cewa, "Wannan jaridar ta yi adawa da zaɓen Mrs. Allen a baya saboda jaridar The Times ta ji cewa ba ta cika buƙatun gudanar da harkokin gudanarwa na makarantu ba. Ana ba da shawarar zaɓen Mrs. Adams. Kamar yadda yake a duk sauran shawarwarin zaɓe, shawarwarin da jaridar The Times ta bayar dangane da Mrs. Allen da Mrs. Adams sun dogara ne kawai akan ra'ayin jaridar game da cancantar su na mukamai. 

Sabanin haka, Al S. Waxman, mawallafin *Jaridar Eastside,* ya rubuta wani sharhi mai zafi yana sukar kamfen ɗin Mrs. Adams, wanda ya ji ya fi mayar da hankali kan launin fatar abokin hamayyarta. Wannan ya faru ne bayan jaridar ta sami buƙatar rubutu daga Richmond P. Benton & Sons, wani kamfanin hulɗa da jama'a da ke wakiltar kamfen ɗinta, don sanya tallan siyasa a cikin Jaridar. A cikin wasiƙar, kamfanin ya nuna cewa burinsu shine "kayar da Mrs. Fay Allen, wacce ba ta da alaƙa da al'ada."

Bayan an tattara ƙuri'un, Mrs. Adams, duk da cewa ba ta da ƙwarewa a siyasa, ta yi nasara cikin nasara. Ta sami ƙuri'u fiye da mambobi uku na kwamitin gudanarwa waɗanda suka yi nasara kai tsaye. A gefe guda kuma, Mrs. Allen ta sami ƙuri'u ƙasa da yadda ta samu a zaɓen da ya gabata.

Bayan da Misis Allen ta bar ofis, sama da shekaru ashirin suka shude kafin wani Ba’amurke ɗan Afirka ya yi aiki a Hukumar Ilimi. An rantsar da Rev. James E. Jones, fasto na Cocin Westminster Presbyterian, a ranar Litinin, 14 ga Yuni, 1965.

## Ayyuka bayan barin Hukumar Ilimi
A shekarar 1954, Shugaban Gundumar Los Angeles Kenneth Hahn ya naɗa Mrs. Allen a Hukumar Kiɗa ta Gundumar Los Angeles.  Hahn ya sake naɗa ta na tsawon shekaru uku a shekarar 1957. 

A shekarar 1962, ta yi aiki a matsayin manajan kamfen a takarar da Don Derricks ya yi na neman kujera a Majalisar Dokokin Jihar California, wadda ba ta yi nasara ba.  A cikin kujerar da aka yi ta cece-kuce a kai, Derricks ta zo ta uku cikin 'yan takara takwas a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat, wadanda suka hada da Mervyn Dymally (wanda ya yi nasara a karshe) da Edward A. Hawkins (dan'uwan Augustus Hawkins, wanda ya yi takarar Majalisar Wakilai), wanda ya zo na biyu. 

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