Thelma Farr Baxter

**Thelma Williams Farr Baxter** ( née **Williams** ; 27 ga Oktoba, 1912 - 12 ga Agusta, 1996) 'yar siyasa ce ta Amurka, malamar makaranta, kuma mai kasuwanci wacce ta yi aiki a Majalisar Wakilai ta Mississippi daga 1950 zuwa 1956. Ta kasance 'yar jam'iyyar Democrat, an fara zaɓenta ne bayan ta tsaya takara ba tare da hamayya ba don cike gurbin da mijinta Paul Farr ya bari, wanda ya mutu a hatsarin mota. Ta sake tsayawa takara a shekara mai zuwa a kan abokan hamayya huɗu na farko; bayan babu wani ɗan takara da ya sami rinjayen ƙuri'u, an gudanar da zaɓen zagaye na biyu, wanda Farr ta lashe. Bayan barin ofis a 1956, ta ci gaba da koyar da Turanci da kuma gudanar da harkokin iyali .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Thelma Williams a ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1912, a Prentiss, Mississippi .  Ita 'yar Hiram G. Williams ce, likita, da Dora Calhoun.   Ta kammala karatun digiri *na summa cum laude* daga Kwalejin Belhaven a shekarar 1934, inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma takardar shaidar bayyana ra'ayi.  Williams ta auri Paul Farr, ɗalibi mai zuwa a Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Mississippi, a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1934, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Betty da Paul Jr.   Baya ga aikinta na malamar Turanci,  ta kasance mai himma a cikin ƙungiyoyi na gida da na jihohi, ciki har da sakatariyar ilimin addini a Ƙungiyar Mata ta Majalisar Dokokin Meridian da kuma shugaban ƙungiyar agaji ta Jefferson Davis County Red Cross .   A ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1950, Paul, wanda ke tsakiyar wa'adinsa na biyu a Majalisar Wakilai ta Mississippi, ya mutu sakamakon raunukan da ya samu lokacin da motarsa ta bugi saniya a kan babbar hanya. 

## Wakilin Jiha (1950–1956)
An gudanar da zaɓe na musamman don cike gurbin kujerar Majalisar da Paul ya bari. Thelma ta sanar da takararta a watan Oktoban 1950.  Ta tsaya takara ba tare da hamayya ba kuma aka zaɓe ta a wata mai zuwa.  Farr ta tsaya takara don sake tsayawa takara a 1951, kuma ta fuskanci manyan abokan hamayya guda huɗu: RD Dyess, alkalin Mississippi na zaman lafiya ; CE Manton, manomi wanda bai yi nasara ba ya fafata da Paul Farr a 1947; ZP Polk, manomi; da Joseph Dale, lauya.  Dale ya jagoranci zaɓen fidda gwani na farko da ƙuri'u 1,206, tare da 1,146 ga Farr, 595 ga Manton, 400 ga Polk, da 257 ga Dyess.  Saboda babu wani ɗan takara da ya sami rinjayen ƙuri'u, an gudanar da zaɓen fidda gwani tsakanin Farr da Dale, manyan 'yan takara biyu.  Farr ta lashe zaɓen fidda gwani da kashi 55.6 cikin ɗari na ƙuri'un, inda ta sami ƙuri'u 373 fiye da Dale. 

Farr ta gabatar da kudiri a watan Fabrairun 1952 don hana dabbobi shiga kan tituna ta hanyar tilasta wa a tsare dabbobi a cikin wani katanga da kuma zartar da hukunci ga masu dabbobin da ke kwance.  Wasu wakilai 48 ne suka dauki nauyin kudirin, amma ya jawo suka daga masu fafutukar kare hakkin dan adam na kudancin Mississippi kuma ba a gabatar da shi ga cikakken kuri'a ba bayan an tura shi ga kwamitocin Majalisar biyu.   Daga karshe an zartar da kudirin a shekarar 1956, jim kadan bayan Farr ta bar ofis.  A lokacin da take cikin Majalisar, Farr ta kuma gabatar da kudiri don yin garambawul ga Hukumar Man Fetur da Iskar Gas ta Jiha.  An zabe ta a matsayin sakatariyar taron jam'iyyar Democrat na jihar a watan Yunin 1952. 

Farr ya auri wakilin jiha James E. Baxter a watan Oktoban 1952 a Laurel, Mississippi . Farr da Baxter sun kasance abokan aiki a majalisar dokokin Mississippi kuma sun fara soyayya kusan ƙarshen zaman majalisar dokoki a wannan shekarar. Sun zama ma'aurata na biyu a Majalisar Mississippi, tare da Orene da John Farese.

An maye gurbin Thelma Baxter a matsayin wakilin jiha ta hannun ZP Polk a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 1956.  

## Daga baya rayuwa da mutuwa
Bayan ta bar majalisar dokokin Mississippi, Baxter ta koyar da Turanci na aji 11 da 12 a sabuwar makarantar Prentiss Consolidated.  Daga baya ta gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci na iyali na tsawon shekaru 20. 

Baxter ta mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya a Asibitin Jefferson Davis County da ke Prentiss a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 1996. Tana da shekaru 83. 

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