Hazel P. Heath

**Hazel P. Heath** (née Parris; An haifeta ne 9 ga watan Disamban shekara ta 1909 - Mayun  29, acikin shekara ta 1998) ƴar siyasa ce Ba'amurkiya kuma ƴar kasuwa wanda ta kera da siyar da akwatunan kyaututtuka na jams da jellies waɗanda aka yi da berries na gida daga Homer, Alaska . Ta kafa "Alaska Wild Berry Products" tare da mijinta Ken acikin shekara ta 1946. Ma'auratan kuma sun mallaki kantin zane-zane da gallery, kuma ita ce editan fasaha da fasaha na mujallar  . Heath ya yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Homer na tsawon shekaru takwas, kuma ya kasance wakilin jam'iyyar Republican na kasa kuma memba na kananan hukumomi, jihohi da na tarayya da yawa. Ita ce wacce ta kafa gidan tarihi na Pratt, kuma ita ce mace ta farko da shugabar kungiyar Alaska Municipal League Conference of Mayors. Cibiyar Kasuwancin Homer ta ba ta suna acikin shekara ta 1977 "Citizen of the Year", kuma Jami'ar Alaska ta karrama ta da lambar yabo ta Sabis mai Girma a cikin 1989.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Hazel Parris a ranar 9 ga Disamba, 1909, a Athena, Oregon,  'yar Wesley F. Parris da Olive Grace Belle Bryan.  Bayan kammala karatun sakandare a Helix, Oregon, a cikin 1928 ta halarci kwalejin kasuwanci a Seattle,  inda ta auri Kenneth A. Heath (1902–1965).  Ma'auratan sun tafi tare daga Seattle zuwa Alaska don ayyukan tsaro kuma sun zagaya tsibirin Kodiak .  A cikin tarihinta na farkon kwanakin a Homer, ta rubuta, "A lokacin da muka dawo daga tafiyarmu na makonni shida tare da Dal, kusa da tsibirin Kodiak inda muka ci ducks, clams, crabs, shrimp, blueberries, cranberries, kyafaffen kifi da sauran nau'o'in abincin teku, an sayar da mu gaba daya a rayuwar Alaska." 

## Alaska Wild Berry Products
A cikin Satumba 1946, Heath da mijinta Ken sun yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Freda Coles don gudanar da Kachemak Café a kan Pioneer Avenue a Homer, Alaska. Daga ƙarshe, Heath ya karɓi ayyukan gidan kafe. Har ila yau, Heath ya fara siyar da berries na gida da jellies, tana yin gwangwani a kan babban kewayon da ake amfani da gawayi a bayan gidan cin abinci, yana kafa samfuran Alaska Wild Berry.  Heaths sun sayar da gidan kafe a 1955 ga Sam da Goldy Gasperac. 

Shirin kasuwanci na Heath ya gamu da shakku daga mazauna yankin, waɗanda ke shakkar cewa akwai isassun berries don "yi akwatunan kyauta da jigilar su a duk faɗin ƙasar".  Heath ta biya wa yara 'ya'yan itacen daji, kuma "lokacin da lokacin kamun kifi ya yi karanci" ta kuma biya masunta da sauran jama'ar yankin su girbi berries.  Kasuwancin ta ya ci gaba da sauri wanda a cikin 1947 ta sayar da akwatunan kyauta 300, kuma zuwa 1957 kasuwancin ya fitar da akwatunan kyauta sama da 4000.  Mijin Ken ya watsar da shirinsa na fara kasuwancin “koton gida” (gungu na gidaje don haya na ɗan gajeren lokaci) kuma a maimakon haka ya sayi jirgin sama na Super Cub don samun damar girbin facin berries mai nisa.  Sun aika da akwatunan kyauta a cikin manyan kwantena a kan jiragen ruwa zuwa tashar turawa a Seattle, inda aka yi magana da fakitin kuma aka aika ta jirgin kasa.  Ken Heath ya mutu a cikin Janairu 1964,  kuma Hazel Heath ya ci gaba da gudanar da kasuwancin har sai ta sayar da shi a 1975. 

Wani mazaunin yankin ya lura cewa, "Ken da Hazel suna da ra'ayin cewa idan kun yanke shawarar cewa za ku yi rayuwa daga ƙasar, za ku iya yin hakan. Ina tsammanin cewa kasuwancinsu ya nuna cewa yana yiwuwa idan kuna da basira da kuma buri." 

## Sabis na al'umma
An lasafta Heath a matsayin wanda ya kafa Gidan Tarihi na Pratt a 1967.  Ta kasance ma'ajin na Homer Society of Natural History, Inc., hukumar tallafawa gidan kayan gargajiya, daga 1968 zuwa 1983.  A matsayinta na memba mai aiki na Alaska Historical Society har zuwa 1986, ta yi aiki sau biyu a kan kwamitin gudanarwa; Ta kuma kasance memba a kungiyar tarihi ta Peninsula ta Kenai, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kungiyar na tsawon shekaru biyu. A 1968 ta kafa Homer Artists. 

Ta yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na Cibiyar Kasuwanci ta Jihar Alaska daga 1967 zuwa 1984, kuma ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar masu ziyara ta Alaska.  Bayan ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Zartaswa na Majalisar Ci Gaban Peninsula ta Kenai, Gwamna Jay Hammond ya dauke ta aiki a kwamitin ba da shawara kan yawon bude ido na Gwamna. 

## Sana'ar siyasa
Heath memba ne na Jam'iyyar Republican ta Alaska da Jam'iyyar Republican ta kasa kuma ya kasance birnin magajin garin Homer daga 1968 zuwa 1976. Ita ce shugabar mace ta farko ta Alaska Municipal League Conference of Mayors. Ta yi rashin nasara a zaben 1976 na sake tsayawa takara ga editan jaridar gida wanda ya goyi bayan soke yarjejeniyar hayar mai a Kachemak Bay, wanda ta yi adawa da shi.

Heath "ya kasance wakilin jam'iyyar Republican na kasa sau da yawa, kuma ya kasance memba na tarayya, jihohi da na kananan hukumomi da kwamitocin, ciki har da Jami'ar Alaska, kananan hukumomin kasuwanci da na jihohi, kananan hukumomi da gidajen tarihi na jihohi, da kuma jahohi da na kasa shawarwarin manyan 'yan kasa". 

Gwamna Hammond da Bill Sheffield sun nada ta zuwa Hukumar Alaska ta Tsohuwar tsakanin 1982 zuwa 1989. A matsayinta na memba na shekara goma na Majalisar Kwalejin Al'umma ta Kenai Peninsula, ta yi shekaru biyu a matsayin shugabar ta. 

## Rubutu da gyarawa
Heath ya rubuta kuma ya tattara bayanan farko na majagaba na farko a Homer, A cikin Waɗancan Kwanaki - Alaska Majagaba na Ƙasar Kenai Peninsula.

Ta yi aiki a matsayin editan fasaha da fasaha a mujallar *Alaska* na tsawon shekaru biyar. 

## Awards da gado
A cewar wata majiya, "Rikimar farko na Heath a kananan hukumomi da jihohi shi ne ya share wa wasu mata da yawa damar shiga harkokin siyasa. Ta kasance mai tsaurin ra'ayi lokacin da take yin wani abu da zai sa rayuwa a Homer da Alaska ta fi dacewa da ita da sauran mutane." 

A cikin 1977 aka nada ta Cibiyar Kasuwancin Homer "Citizen of the Year", kuma Jami'ar Alaska ta ba ta lambar yabo ta Sabis mai Girma a cikin 1989. 

An shigar da Heath cikin 2010 Class of the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame . 
 

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