Inez Knight Allen

**Amanda Inez Knight Allen** (8 ga Satumba, 1876 - 5 ga Yuni, 1937  ) ta kasance mai wa'azin addinin Mormon kuma 'yar siyasa a Utah . A shekara ta 1898, ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mata biyu na farko marasa aure da suka zama masu wa'azi a Cocin Yesu Kiristi na Waliyyan Ƙarshe (LDS Church). 

An haifi Amanda Inez Knight kusa da Payson, Utah Territory, ga Jesse Knight da matarsa Amanda McEwan. An haife ta ne ta huɗu cikin 'ya'ya biyar; 'yan uwanta sun haɗa da 'yan'uwanta Raymond da J. Will Knight da 'yan'uwa mata Jennie Knight Mangum da Ione Knight Jordan.  Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Provo kuma Inez Knight sun yi rajista a Brigham Young Academy (BYA). Lokacin da take da shekaru 22, Knight ta kammala karatunta a BYA kuma ta ƙaura zuwa St. George, Utah, inda ta shiga cikin binciken tarihin iyali. 

## Hidimar wa'azi a Burtaniya
A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1898, an ware Knight a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mata biyu na farko marasa aure a Cocin LDS da aka zaɓe su a hukumance a matsayin masu wa'azin coci na cikakken lokaci. [1] Ɗayan kuma ƙawarta ce ta yarinta, Jennie Brimhall . [1] Jennie Brimhall da Inez Knight abokan aikin mishan ne a Ingila na tsawon shekara guda, suka bar Provo a ranar 2 ga Afrilu suka isa Ingila a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 1898. [2] [3] A matsayinsu na masu wa'azi, ana yawan roƙon Knight da Brimhall su yi magana a tarurrukan jama'a da kuma rarraba takardun mishan a kan titi. Domin Knight da Brimhall su ne na farko, kuma na ɗan lokaci kawai, mata masu wa'azi da ke hidima a Turai, sau da yawa ana roƙonsu su yi tafiya a duk faɗin Ingila don yin magana. [4] A cikin wata wasika zuwa ga Deseret Evening News, mai wa'azi Joseph S. Broadbent ya rubuta cewa "'Yan'uwa mata Jennie Brimhall da Inez Knight, dukkansu daga Provo, Utah, kowannensu ya yi magana mai tsawo game da Utah da mutanenta kuma ya ba da shaida mai ƙarfi game da maido da Linjila da kuma aikin allahntaka na Joseph Smith. Akwai kimanin mutane 800 a wurin kuma ana iya jin ƙarar fil tana faɗuwa."

Knight da Brimhall ba wai kawai sun yi tafiye-tafiye masu yawa a Ingila ba, har ma a duk faɗin sauran sassan Turai. Knight ta ba da rahoton cewa ta shafe wata guda tana ziyartar manyan biranen Faransa, Switzerland, Jamus, Belgium, da Holland.  Knight ta yi imanin cewa ɗaya daga cikin manyan manufofinta a matsayin mai wa'azi shine ta kawar da imani, wanda aka saba yi a duk faɗin Turai, cewa matan Mormon "bayi ne da aka zalunta".  Duk da haka, Knight da sauran masu wa'azi ba koyaushe ake maraba da su ba. A watan Fabrairun 1899, Knight ta halarci wani taron coci a Bristol lokacin da masu zanga-zangar adawa da Mormon suka karya dukkan tagogi. Knight, abokiyar zamanta, da sauran masu wa'azi dole ne su nemi kariya daga 'yan sanda na gida.  Duk da cewa Jennie Brimhall ta koma Utah a watan Nuwamba na 1898 saboda rashin lafiya, Knight ta ci gaba da aikinta har zuwa 1900 tare da wasu abokanta da dama, ciki har da Liza Chipman da J. Clara Holbrook, dukansu daga Utah.  Duk da haka, saboda ƙarancin mata masu wa'azi, a wasu lokutan Knight ta yi hidima ita kaɗai. Ta rubuta a cikin mujallarta wani taro wanda "ni kaɗai ce yarinya." Na ji kamar dattawa sun fi bayyana a fili tun suna fara maganarsu; 'yan'uwana maza da mata."  Yankunan da Knight ya yi aiki a cikinsu sun haɗa da Cheltenham, London, Kent, da Bristol .    Knight ya dawo gida daga Birtaniya a watan Yunin 1900, bayan ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu a faɗin Birtaniya, Scotland, da Wales. 

## Aikin siyasa
Allen ta kuma kasance mai himma a Jam'iyyar Democrat a Utah, tana aiki a kwamitoci daban-daban da kuma ofisoshi daban-daban tun daga shekarar 1895 tana da shekaru 19.  An nada ta a matsayin memba na kwamitin zartarwa na majalisar ba da shawara kan agajin rashin aikin yi ta Gwamna George Dern a shekarar 1931.  Ta yi shekaru hudu a matsayin 'yar kwamitin kasa na Democrat, a lokacin da ta halarci manyan tarurrukan kasa guda biyu, daya a New York a shekarar 1924 dayan kuma a Houston, Texas a shekarar 1928.  Ta taba tsayawa takarar 'yar takarar Democrat a Majalisar Dattawan Jiha, kuma William Jennings Bryan da Heber J. Grant sun amince da ita saboda wannan matsayi.  A wasu lokutan, ra'ayoyin siyasa da ra'ayoyin addini na Allen sun yi karo da juna. A matsayinta na 'yar kwamitin kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat, Inez Allen ta kasance mai goyon bayan dan takarar Democrat na 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt. Duk da haka, Allen ya yi adawa da soke Kwaskwarima ta 18, daya daga cikin allunan dandamali na Roosevelt.  A shekarar 1924, Allen ta kasance wakiliyar Utah a Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat da aka yi a Cleveland, Ohio . Saboda mijinta dan Republican ne, gogewar siyasa ta Allen wani lokacin ta kasance ta musamman. Misali, a shekarar 1924, Allen ta halarci Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat da na Republican, na farko da ta halarta a matsayin 'yar kwamitin jam'iyyar Democrat, na biyu da ta halarta tare da mijinta, wanda ke aiki a matsayin wakili daga Utah.  Bugu da ƙari, an zaɓe Allen a Kwamitin Jam'iyyar Democrat na Mata na Ƙasa a shekarar 1928.  An yi ta karrama Allen da girmamawa saboda ƙoƙarinta na siyasa, kuma an naɗa ta "Allahn 'Yanci" na Utah a bikin Provo na 1898 ko 1900 na bikin Provo na huɗu na Yuli. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
A watan Yunin 1902, Knight ya auri Robert Eugene Allen, wani fitaccen ma'aikacin banki na gida kuma mai haɓaka al'umma, a cikin haikalin Salt Lake City .    An haifi Robert Allen a ranar 21 ga Disamba, 1877, a Coalville, Utah, ga Mr. da Mrs. Thomas L. Allen.  Mr. Allen ya yi aiki a matsayin mai wa'azin LDS a Liverpool, Ingila, a 1905, kuma ya halarci Brigham Young Academy inda ya haɗu da Knight.   Sun haifi 'ya'ya maza biyar, ciki har da W. Eugene J. Knight,  Robert K. Allen, Joseph Knight Allen, da Mark E. Allen.   

Bayan aurenta, Inez Allen ta kasance mai himma a fannoni daban-daban a cikin coci da kuma al'umma. Daga 1927 har zuwa rasuwarta (shekaru 10) ta kasance memba na babban kwamitin agaji na ƙungiyar agaji.  Allen ta kuma kasance mai himma sosai a makarantar Brigham Young Academy tsawon shekaru da dama bayan aikinta zuwa Burtaniya. A shekarar 1900, 'yan watanni bayan dawowa gida, an nada Allen a matsayin shugabar makarantar "Missionary Theology for Girls" ta makarantar.   Allen ita ce shugabar makarantar tsawon shekaru biyu duk da matsalolin da ta fuskanta, ciki har da kamuwa da cutar ƙwanƙwasa a watan Oktoban 1900.  Allen ta taimaka wajen kafa sashen jin daɗin al'umma a Provo kuma ta kasance mai himma a ƙungiyar Red Cross ta gundumar Utah. 

An girmama Allen sau da yawa saboda rawar da ta taka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mata biyu na farko masu wa'azin bishara na cocin LDS. A shekarar 1934, ita da Jennie Brimhall Knight sun sami girmamawa daga shugaban cocin Heber J. Grant a wani taro na ƙungiyar Yesharah .  Baya ga jagorancinta a ƙungiyar agaji da kuma zama memba a ƙungiyar Yesharah, Allen ta halarci wasu ayyuka da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, ciki har da ƙungiyar karatun Nelke. 

A shekarar 1937, Allen ta mutu ba zato ba tsammani a gidanta da ke Provo, Utah, sakamakon ciwon ciki .  An yi jana'izarta a ranar 9 ga Yuni, 1937, kuma masu jawabi sun haɗa da Dr. Franklin S. Harris, Shugaban BYU na lokacin, da Stephen L. Richards na Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) .  Jana'izar ta kasance babba, tare da membobin Yesharah Society, Relief Society General Board, da kuma malaman BYU.  An binne ta a Makabartar Provo City.

## Gado
Inez Allen da mijinta sun bar wa 'ya'yansu gadon shiga harkokin siyasa na gida, jiha, da na ƙasa. Robert K. Allen ya yi aiki a ƙasa a matsayin wakilin Baitulmalin Amurka daga 1934 zuwa 1945, yana aiki a Amurka da kuma Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka da ke Paris. Ya kuma yi aiki a yankin, inda ya tsaya takarar Majalisar Birnin Provo a 1961  da kuma magajin garin Provo a 1965.  Misis da Mista Allen sun ba da gudummawar kuɗi mai yawa ga Kwalejin Brigham Young. Inez Allen ta fara bayar da gudummawa tun daga 1897. Shekara guda kafin aikinta, ta ba da gudummawar dala 10,000 ga cibiyar, mace ɗaya tilo daga cikin manyan masu ba da gudummawa goma a wannan shekarar.  A matsayinta na mai ba da gudummawa, an nemi Allen ta yi jawabi a bikin gina sabon ginin kwalejin a 1897, kuma ita ce mace ɗaya tilo da aka gayyata ta yi hakan.  An sanya wa ɗakin kwanan maza suna don girmama Mr. da Mrs. Knight a 1937. 

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