Edna Beard

**Edna Louisa Beard** (25 ga Yuli, 1877 - 18 ga Satumba, 1928) ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara zama 'yar majalisa a Vermont ; ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaba a Majalisar Wakilai ta Vermont, kuma mace ta farko da aka zaba a Majalisar Dattawa ta Vermont .  

Iyayenta 'yan asalin Illinois ne, kuma iyayenta sun fito ne daga Orange, Vermont, kuma sun dawo can a farkon shekarun 1880. An rene Beard kuma ya yi karatu a Orange, ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Spaulding da ke Barre, kuma ya zama malamar makaranta da kuma shugaba. Ta kuma yi aiki a ofisoshi na gida, ciki har da ma'ajin gari, kuma tana gudanar da gonar kiwo tare da haɗin gwiwa da ɗaya daga cikin 'yan'uwanta.

A shekarar 1920, Kwaskwarima ta Kundin Tsarin Mulki ta ba wa mata damar kaɗa ƙuri'a a zaɓukan jihohi da na ƙasa. Beard ta tsaya takarar neman takarar jam'iyyar Republican don wakiltar Orange a Majalisar Wakilai ta Vermont. Ta sha kaye, daga baya ta nemi tsayawa takara a matsayin 'yar takara ta jam'iyya ta uku. Mata 40 a Orange sun yi rijista don kaɗa ƙuri'a tsakanin zaɓen fidda gwani da na gama gari, kuma sun ba ta isasshen goyon baya don ta doke Beard, wanda ya lashe kujerar kuma ya zama mace ta farko a majalisar dokoki ta jihar Vermont. Ta yi wa'adi ɗaya, daga 1921 zuwa 1923, kuma a 1922 ta yi nasara a takarar Majalisar Dattawa ta Jiha, ta zama mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a wannan hukumar. Ta bar siyasa a 1924 saboda rashin lafiya, amma ta ci gaba da aiki a gonarta da kuma cocinta.

Beard bai taɓa yin aure ko haihuwa ba. Ta mutu a Orange, kuma an binne ta a makabartar Orange Center.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Beard a Chenoa, Illinois a ranar 25 ga Yuli, 1877, 'yar Royal Edson Beard (1845–1912) da Flora (Curtiss) Beard.  Iyalinta asalinsu daga Orange ne, Vermont, kuma sun koma Orange a 1883.  Ta yi karatu a Orange, kuma ta kammala karatunta a makarantar sakandare ta Barre 's Spaulding a 1896. 

Beard ta sami takardar shaidar kammala karatunta a matsayin malamar makaranta, kuma ta koyar a makarantu da dama na yankin.  Ta kasance malamar makaranta kuma mai kula da makarantun garin Orange tun daga shekarar 1906.  Ta kuma yi aiki a hukumar makarantar, ta kasance mataimakiyar mai kula da gidan waya na garin, kuma ta shafe shekaru 16 a matsayin mai kula da ma'aji na gari (1912–1928), bayan ta gaje mukamin bayan mutuwar mahaifinta, wanda shine mai ci.   Beard bai taba yin aure ko haihuwa ba, kuma ta zauna a gonar kiwo da take aiki tare da dan uwanta Frank. 

## Aikin siyasa

### Gidan Vermont
A shekarar 1920, amincewa da Kwaskwarima ta Sha Tara ga Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Amurka ya ba mata damar kaɗa ƙuri'a a zaɓen jiha da na tarayya a Vermont.  Beard ya tsaya takarar Majalisar Wakilai ta Vermont, kuma ya sha kaye a zaɓen fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Republican, wanda hakan ya yi daidai da zaɓe a yawancin garuruwan Vermont, da ƙuri'u shida ga Burt L. Richardson.  Beard ya yanke shawarar tsayawa takara a babban zaɓen bisa layin "Jam'iyyar Jama'a".  Tsakanin zaɓen fidda gwani da na gama gari, mata 40 a Orange sun yi rijista don kaɗa ƙuri'a a karon farko; a watan Nuwamba, Beard ya kayar da Richardson da ƙuri'u 38, kuma ya zama mace ta farko da aka zaɓa a Majalisar Wakilai ta Vermont. 

An ba ta zaɓin kujeru na farko a Majalisar, kuma, kamar yadda *Rutland Herald* ta ruwaito, "Ta zaɓi kujera mai lamba 146, kuma na dogon lokaci babu wani mutum da ke da ƙarfin halin zaɓar kujera mai lamba 145, wanda ke tare da nata.  Kujerar ta kasance babu kowa na tsawon sama da awa ɗaya har sai da Horatio Luce na Pomfret ya ɗauki ƙarfin halin abokan aikinsa ya zauna kusa da Miss Beard a tsakiyar guguwar dariya da tafi." 

An sanya hannu kan kudirin farko da ta gabatar a Majalisar Wakilai ta Vermont, Dokar 218, ya zama doka.   Ya samar da tallafin yara na dala $2 a kowane mako ga matan da mazajensu "suka gaji da rashin lafiya mai tsanani."  Jawabinta na farko a Majalisar shine na biyu ga sake nada Alkali Stanley C. Wilson zuwa Kotun Koli ta Vermont, wanda labaran labarai na zamani suka nuna cewa an karbe shi da "tafi mai ƙarfi." 

### Majalisar Dattawan Vermont
A shekarar 1922 aka zaɓe ta a matsayin kujerar Orange County a Majalisar Dattawan Vermont, kuma ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a wannan hukumar. Ta yi wa'adi ɗaya, daga 1923 zuwa 1925 kuma ta riƙe muƙamin jagoranci a matsayin shugabar Kwamitin Laburare na Majalisar Dattawa. Kudirinta na farko mai nasara a matsayin Sanata ya ba wa 'yan majalisar dattawa damar ɗaukar mata a matsayin mataimaka.

## Rayuwa daga baya
Magoya bayan Beard sun yi kira ga magoya bayansa da su shiga takarar mataimakin gwamna a shekarar 1924, amma sun bar siyasa saboda rashin lafiya.  Ta kasance mai himma a cocin Congregational na yankinta, ciki har da koyar da makarantar Lahadi, rera waƙa a cikin mawaka, da kuma yin aiki a matsayin magatakarda, kuma ta ci gaba da kasancewa tare da cocin har zuwa mutuwarta. 

## Mutuwa da binnewa
Gemu ya mutu a Orange a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1928.  An binne ta a filin dangin Beard a Makabartar Orange Center da ke Orange. 

## Gado
An nuna hoton Edna Beard na mai zane Ruth Mould a Fadar Gwamnatin Vermont . 

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