Jean Crawford Cochrane

**Jean Crawford Cochrane** (27 Yuni 1914 - 23 Maris 2013) malamar Irish ce kuma mai fafutukar ilimin mata. 

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Jean Crawford Cochrane a Lifford, County Donegal a ranar 27 ga Yuni 1914. Ita ce 'yar fari ta lauya kuma mataimakin sheriff na gundumar, Hugh da Lucy Cameron Cochrane (née Boyd).  Cochrane ta yi karatu a Gidan Ashleigh a Belfast daga 1928 zuwa 1932, tana aiki a matsayin yarinya a shekarar ta ƙarshe. Ta shiga Kwalejin Trinity ta Dublin (TCD) don nazarin tarihin zamani da siyasa, ta kammala a 1938 tare da digiri na girmamawa. Tun daga farko tana da sha'awar ilimi da jin daɗin yara. A cikin labarinta da aka buga a cikin A danger to men? *Haɗari ne ga maza? Tarihin mata a Kwalejin Trinity Dublin 1904-2004* (2005) ta bayyana kasancewarta memba na Kungiyar Ayyukan Jama'a ta Elizabethan Society a lokacin da ta yi aiki don tallafawa yara da ke zaune a gidajen haya mallakar TCD a Grenville Street. Ta san babban rashin aikin yi da talauci a Dublin, kuma ta bayyana wani lacca na yamma da kungiyar Social Service Club ta shirya wanda Philip Townsend Somerville-Large, wanda ya kafa kungiyar Mount Street Club ga marasa aikin yi ya ba da shi. Kungiyar ta zo ne game da batun dokar hana fita ga mata a harabar TCD yayin da aka shirya lacca na awa daya bayan dokar hana fita a karfe 7:30 na yamma. Cochrane dole ne ya nemi izini na musamman don ba da damar mata su halarta. Ta ba da labarin cewa an sadu da mata a ƙofar gaba don a kai su benaye don su zauna a bayan dakin nesa da maza, kamar "batutu".

## Ayyuka da gwagwarmaya
Bayan kammala karatunta, Cochrane ta horar da ita a matsayin malama a Kwalejin Charlotte Mason, yanzu wani ɓangare na Jami'ar Cumbria, a Ambleside, Ingila. Ta yi tafiya zuwa Ostiraliya, tana koyarwa a makarantar Presbyterian Ladies a Melbourne na tsawon shekaru biyar. Ta koma Ireland kuma ta sake halartar TCD, ta kammala karatu tare da MA a tarihi a 1946. Ta shiga ƙungiyoyin digiri na TCD da Jami'ar Sarauniya ta Belfast . An nada ta shugabar makarantar Union ta Ilimi ta Kasa a London (PNEU) a shekarar 1960. A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta, ta yi tafiya sosai, ta ziyarci iyalai a ƙasashe ciki har da Columbia da Hong Kong. Duk da jin daɗin tafiya, Cochrane ta ɗauki matsayin shugabar gidan Ashleigh, alma mater, a shekarar 1966. Ta kasance a gidan Ashleigh har sai da ta yi ritaya a 1975, tana koyar da tarihi da nassi tare da ayyukanta na gudanarwa.

Bayan ta yi ritaya, Cochrane ta ci gaba da yin aiki da ilimi, muhalli da al'amuran ruhaniya. Ta kasance memba na kungiyar Belfast Naturalists' Field Club . An ba ta lambar yabo ta girmamawa ta 'Lady Muck' a 1979 ta Ulster Trust for Conservation . Shekaru 47, ta kasance memba na Linen Hall Library, kuma an ba ta lambar yabo ta girmamawa a 1999 game da ayyukanta a matsayin gwamna daga 1992 zuwa 1997 da kuma goyon bayanta ga asusun ci gaban dubban shekaru na ɗakin karatu. Don gudummawar da ta bayar ga Cocin Ireland, Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta sanya ta mai karɓar Royal Maundy a Cathedral na St Patrick, Armagh, a cikin 2008. Wannan shine sabis na Maundy na farko da ya faru a waje da Ingila da Wales tun lokacin da ayyukan suka fara a zamanin da.

## Mutuwa da gado
Cochrane ya mutu a Belfast a ranar 23 ga Maris 2013. A cikin ƙwaƙwalwarta, abokiyarta kuma mai aiwatar da ita, Frances Grant ce ta kafa tallafin Jean Crawford Cochrane. Ana ba da tallafin karatu ga matasan mata daga Arewacin Ireland don yin karatu a QUB waɗanda ke fuskantar matsalolin kuɗi.

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