Beatrice Greig

Beatrice Greig (an haife ta a shekara ta 1869) marubuciya ce ta Trinidadiya, edita kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata a tsakanin 1900 zuwa 1940. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan muryoyin da suka yi tasiri ga daidaiton zamantakewar mata, tattalin arziki da siyasa a wannan lokacin. Ta kasance daya daga cikin mata na farko da suka shiga zabe a Trinidad.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Greig a shekara ta 1869 a St. John's, Newfoundland, Kanada.   Ta koma tare da iyayenta 'yan Scotland 'yan mishan zuwa Trinidad tana da shekaru goma sha shida sannan ta yi karatu a Indiya, ta zama fallasa ga ra'ayoyin theosophy da aikin Katherine Mayo kan cin amanar matan Indiya.  Komawa Trinidad, a cikin 1891, ta auri William Greig  kuma ta zauna a Estate na Cedros.  Ta mutu a lokacin ƙuruciyarta, ta juya zuwa gwagwarmaya da aikin zamantakewa. 

Greig ya kafa Trinidad Union of Girls Clubs kuma ya shirya rassa a ko'ina cikin tsibirin. Ta kuma yi aiki tare da Kungiyar Kwadago ta Teacher's and Trinidad Labour Party. Tun daga ƙarshen 1920s, ta fara ba da gudummawa ga *Gabashin Indiyawan mako-mako*,  ta zama mai fafutuka da ke magana a madadin matan Indo-Trinidadiya kan batutuwa kamar ilimin 'yan mata da auren yara .  Ta kuma zama mai ba da shawara ga Pandit Āyodhyā Prasād lokacin da ya ziyarci tsibirin kuma ya kafa Arya Samaj a Trinidad da Tobago .  A cikin 1927, lokacin da aka yi muhawara mai zafi game da batun mata da za su iya rike mukamai a tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Spain,  Greig ya ba da jawabi ga jama'a, "Matsayin Mata a Rayuwar Jama'a", yana jayayya cewa mata suna shirye su yi hidima kuma sun biya haraji. *Port of Spain Gazette* ta ƙi muhawararta,  amma bayan shekaru biyu, an ba mata damar yin hidima.  A shekara ta 1929, Greig shine abokin editan *The Beacon* kuma yana da shafi na yau da kullun a cikin *Laburare* .  Ƙoƙarin aikinta na aikin jarida ya mayar da hankali kan batutuwan zamantakewa, kamar wani yanki na 1931 a cikin *Jagoran Ƙwararru* game da shigar da addini a cikin auren jama'a da saki.  Ta ce idan ba a sake aure ba, aure yana daure mata a gidan yari, ta yadda maza za su rika amfani da matansu yadda ya kamata. 

A cikin 1936, Greig ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mata uku na farko da suka tsaya takarar kujera a Majalisar Birni.  Ko da yake ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan ƙasa da aka fi girmamawa  kuma ɗaya daga cikin muryoyin da suka fi tasiri ga 'yancin mata,  An ƙi takardun cancantar Greig.  A wannan shekarar, ta gabatar da gabatarwa, "Sabuwar Zamani da Wurin Mata a cikinsa", a taron na British West Indies da British Guiana Women Social Workers da Audrey Jeffers da Coterie na Social Workers suka shirya. A cikin jawabin, ta bayar da hujjar cewa mata suna da damar tunani daidai gwargwado ga maza kuma duk da cewa sau da yawa suna ƙarƙashin ƙasa kuma ana danne su, mata a shirye suke a haɗa su a matsayin masu shiga tsakani a cikin al'umma. 

## Gado
Greig tare da Gertrude Protain da Louise Rowley na Grenada,  May Farquharson  da Una Marson na Jamaica,  da Audrey Jeffers  sun taimaka wajen yada mata a ko'ina cikin Caribbean.  An kira ta daya daga cikin manyan mata a zamaninta  kuma aikinta ya rinjayi sauran mata kamar Gema Ramkeesoon . 

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