Kate Williams Evans

**Kate Williams Evans** (1 ga Oktoba 1866 - 2 ga Fabrairu 1961) ta kasance 'yar Welsh, mai fafutuka kuma mai fafutukar kare hakkin mata. An tsare ta a Kurkukun Holloway inda ta tafi yajin aikin yunwa wanda ta sami lambar yabo ta yajin aikin Yunwa ta Mata (WSPU) wacce aka sayar wa Amgueddfa Cymru - Gidan Tarihi na Wales don £ 48,640 a cikin 2018.

## Rayuwa
An haifi Kate Williams Evans a shekara ta 1866 a Llomaynech a Montgomeryshire, [1] ga William Dorsett Evans (1832-1892), manomi mai cin nasara, da Mary née Williams (1838-). Tana da 'yan uwa huɗu: ɗan'uwa ɗaya da' yan'uwa mata uku.[2] A shekara ta 1891 tana zaune tare da iyalinta a gidan Bod Gwilym a Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain . [3]

A lokacin ƙuruciyarta ta ci gaba da sha'awar siyasa kuma a lokacin da ta zauna a Paris a cikin shekarun 1890 ta zama mai sha'awar zaɓen mata. A lokacin da ta dawo gida ta sadu da mambobin kungiyar mata ta zamantakewa da siyasa (WSPU) kuma a tsakiyar shekarunta na 30 Evans ta kasance memba mai aiki na WSPU kuma ta zama mai ba da gudummawa, ga takaici ga iyayenta. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1912 an kama ta ne saboda "rashin lalacewa" saboda karya windows na ofisoshin gwamnati a London tare da wasu 'yan mata, ciki har da Caroline Lowder Downing da Edith Downing, wanda aka yanke mata hukuncin aiki tuƙuru na kwanaki 54 a gidan yarin Holloway inda ta tafi yajin aikin yunwa wanda ya kai ta ga samun lambar yabo ta WSPU ta Yakin Yunwa da Holloway a lokacin da aka sake ta daga kurkuku. Medal dinta na Yunwa yana da sanduna biyu na azurfa, daya daga cikinsu an zana shi '4 Maris 1912'.

A watan Agustan 1913 ta jagoranci taron Kungiyar 'Yancin Mata (WFL) a Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain inda ta ba da jawabi game da bambance-bambance tsakanin Kungiyar Mata da Siyasa da WFL dangane da manufofi da yaƙi; an yi la'akari da cewa bayan abubuwan da ta samu a gidan yarin Holloway cewa tana iya barin WSPU don shiga WFL mara ƙarfi. Tabbas, ta ci gaba da shiga cikin reshen WFL na WFL kuma ta kasance shugabar har zuwa akalla 1917. 

A shekara ta 1939 Evans da 'yar'uwarta Margaret suna zaune tare a gidan iyayensu Bod Gwylim a Wales,  inda suka kasance har zuwa mutuwarsu. Kate Williams Evans ta mutu a watan Fabrairun 1961 a Oswestry da Babban Asibitin Gundumar a Oswestri; an binne tokarta tare da na 'yar'uwarta Margaret. A cikin wasiyya ta bar £ 13,749 0s 1d.

## Siyarwa ta 2018
A cikin 2018 ta Hunger Strike Medal, Holloway brooch da kuma tarihin takardun da suka hada da takardar shaidarta ta 'yan sanda na Metropolitan, wani littafi mai rubutun hannu wanda ke dauke da sa hannu tare da rubutun rubutun hannu na hannu daga irin waɗannan sufragettes kamar Emily Davison, Emmeline Pankhurst da Sarah Benett an sayar da su a gwanjo. Har ila yau, an haɗa shi a cikin sayarwa wani kwafin *Holloway Jingles* - tarin waƙoƙi da aka rubuta ta hanyar fursunoni wanda Evans ya ba da gudummawa ga waƙoƙoƙi uku, biyu daga cikinsu ana kiransu "Wane ne?" da na uku "The Cleaners of Holloway",  da kuma wasika da aka sanya hannu daga Emmeline Pankhurst. Kasuwancin sayarwa ya haɗa da wasika da aka rubuta da hannu daga ɗan'uwanta kuma mai ba da izini Sarah Benett ga uwargidanta Jane wanda ya karanta: 'Miss Evans za ta zama baƙona har sai ta ɗan fi ƙarfinta. Ta kasance tana fama da yunwa don haka ta bi da ita a matsayin mara lafiya...'  An sayar da tarin a madadin iyalin Evans.

An sayi tarin ne don £ 48,640 kuma yanzu ana gudanar da lambar yabo ta yunwa a cikin tarin Amgueddfa Cymru - Gidan Tarihi na Wales .  

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