Ann Washington Craton

**Ann Washington Craton** (1891-1970) ta kasance mai fafutukar aiki, ma'aikatan zamantakewa, ma'aikaci, kuma mai fafutuka wanda ya taimaka wajen tsarawa da tallafawa ma'aikatan mata masu albashi waɗanda suka yi aiki a masana'antun tufafi na karkara da na kewayen birni a cikin shekarun 1920. Matsakaicin aji da kuma Amurka, ta taimaka wajen fadada aikin ƙungiyar kwadago fiye da shagunan birane masu magana da Yiddish na lokacin kuma ta taimaka wajen shawo kan juriya ta maza ga ƙungiyar ma'aikata ta mata. Yin amfani da gwaji da kuskure a matsayin hanyar da ta bi, ta zama ƙwararre wajen aiki tare da mata na shekaru daban-daban da kabilanci. Ta ki karɓar matsayin siyasa na jam'iyya. Ta samu nasarar shawo kan zarge-zargen cewa ita ce kawai "mai sassaucin ra'ayi na tsakiya" ko kuma "masu ilimi" kuma ta nuna cewa masu shirya kwaleji masu ƙwazo da ƙwarewa za su iya yin akalla da maza masu aiki waɗanda suka mamaye ƙungiyar ma'aikata. :  Craton ta rubuta dalla-dalla game da abubuwan da ta samu a cikin kafofin labarai na zamani. A matsayinta na mai shirya da kuma mai fafutuka, ta taimaka wajen ragewa da sauƙaƙe wahalar aikin yara, samar da taimako ga iyalai da ke cikin matsala, da kuma sanya yara da ba a so a gidaje masu kyau.

An haife ta a North Carolina, ta sami digirin farko na Fasaha daga Jami'ar George Washington a 1915 kuma ta halarci Makarantar Digiri na biyu ta Kimiyyar Zamantakewa ta Jami'ar Columbia a farkon shekarun 1920. A lokacin shekarun 1930, ta yi aiki a hukumomin hidimar jama'a, ciki har da Cibiyar Binciken Zamantakewa da Addini, aikin WPA Public Works of Art, da Kwamitin Agajin Gaggawa na Gaggawa na New York. Bayan aurenta da Heber Blankenhorn a 1936, ta sadaukar da lokacinta don karatu da bincike amma ba ta samar da komai don bugawa ba.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Craton ta girma tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yan'uwanta maza biyar a cikin wani iyali da mahaifinta, mai sayar da inshora, ba ya zuwa a mafi yawan lokuta.  A kusan 1911, Craton ta ƙaura tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yan'uwanta zuwa Washington, DC Wannan birni shine gidan kakarta ta uwa wadda ta zama bazawara a 1907.   Ta fara karatu a Kwalejin Columbia da ke Jami'ar George Washington kuma a 1915 ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin fasaha.  Ta kuma halarci Makarantar Digiri na Kimiyyar Zamantakewa ta Jami'ar Columbia tsakanin 1922 da 1924. 

## Aiki a matsayin mai fafutukar ci gaba
Bayan kammala karatunta daga kwaleji, Craton ta yi aiki a wata ƙungiyar kula da jin daɗin jama'a da kuma wata hukumar Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta tarayya da ke Washington, sannan ta koma birnin New York inda ta koma ƙungiyar ƙungiyoyin kwadago da ayyukan agaji. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

### Ma'aikacin ayyukan zamantakewa
Aikin farko da Craton ta yi bayan kammala jami'a shi ne ta zama mai binciken shari'o'i da kuma mai kula da ɗaukar yara ga Hukumar Kula da Yara ta Washington, DC.   An kafa wannan hukumar ne a shekarar 1892, kuma an ɗora mata alhakin duba buƙatun iyaye ko masu kula da yara marasa galihu da kuma yin mu'amala da iyaye da ke neman ɗaukar yara.  Wani labari a jaridar *Washington Post* a shekarar 1915 ya bayyana Craton a matsayin "uwa a baki ɗaya" ga yara 150 masu "shekaru daban-daban, launuka, launin fata, da kuma iyalai".  A lokacin da take yin wannan aikin, ta zama mai magana da yawun jama'a a ƙungiyoyin kula da yara da sauran tarurrukan zamantakewa a Gundumar kuma a wannan lokacin an zaɓe ta a matsayin memba na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Mata ta gida.   A farkon shekarar 1919, ta shiga Ofishin Ƙwadago (yanzu Ofishin Ƙidayar Ma'aikata) a matsayin mai binciken fili wanda ke da alhakin tattara ƙididdiga kan tsadar rayuwa ga ma'aikata.   

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