Estela Quesada

**Estela Quesada** (1924-2011) malamin Costa Rican ne, lauya kuma ɗan siyasa. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata uku na farko da aka zaba a majalisar dokokin Costa Rican a zaben farko bayan mata sun sami 'yanci. Ita ce mace ta farko da ta rike mukamin ministoci a Costa Rica a matsayin Ministan Ilimi kuma daga baya ta kasance mace ta farko ta yi aiki a matsayin Minista na Ayyuka da Tsaron Jama'a. An shigar da ita cikin Gidan Tarihin Mata na Kasa a matsayin fitacciyar mace ta Costa Rica a shekara ta 2009.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Estela Quesada Hernández a ranar 24 ga Yuni 1924 a Alajuela, Costa Rica ga Augusto Quesada Cabezas da Eneida Hernández Sanabria  Ta halarci makarantu da farko a Escuela Bernardo Soto sannan kuma a Instituto de Alajuela, kafin ta sami lasisin koyarwarta daga Escuela Normal de Heredia . Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin malamai biyu na farko waɗanda suka koyar a Escuela Juan Chavez Rojas a yankunan karkara na abin da ke yanzu Ciudad Quesada  wanda ke cikin wani yanki mai nisa na San Carlos a lokacin da ta yi tafiya ta hanyar kogi da doki.  Babu damar karatun sakandare a yankin, don haka ta kafa Makarantar Ƙarin, a matsayin ita wacce daga ƙarshe ta zama Liceo San Carlos . 

Ta koma Alajuela kuma ta fara karatun shari'a a Jami'ar Costa Rica, yayin da take koyarwa a Escuela León Vargas .  A ƙarshen shekarun 1940, ta shiga cikin turawa don haƙƙin jefa kuri'a ga mata kuma lokacin da ya samu nasarar wucewa a 1949, ta fara kallon siyasa. A shekara ta 1950, an inganta ta zuwa zama shugabar Ƙungiyar Ilimi ta Kasa (ANDE).  1953 shekara ce mai mahimmanci ga Quesada, yayin da ta gama digiri na shari'a kuma ta lashe ɗaya daga cikin kujeru uku na farko da aka ba wa mace a majalisar dokokin Costa Rican. Ta sami taken mataimakin shugaban majalisa, kuma a shekara ta 1957 ta zama mace ta farko a tarihin kasar da ta jagoranci aikin majalisa. Lokacin da aka zabi Mario Echandi Jiménez a matsayin shugaban kasa, ya nada Quesada a matsayin Minista na farko a tarihin kasar. A matsayinta na Ministan Ilimi, ta kafa tsarin da ya dace don daukar malamai, ta cire ka'idojin tufafi waɗanda suke da tsada, inganta ilimin jama'a kuma ta mai da hankali kan inganta yawan kammala karatun karkara.

Bayan kammala wa'adin da aka zaba, Quesada ta koma San Francisco, California, inda ta jagoranci ofishin jakadancin Costa Rican kuma ta wakilci kasar a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na tsawon shekaru goma. Ta koma Canton na San Carlos kuma ta bude aikin lauya kuma an zabe ta a matsayin shugaban Municipality na San Carlos daga 1970 zuwa 1974. Bayan zaben Shugaba Rodrigo Carazo Odio an sake kiranta ta yi aiki a matakin tarayya kuma ta zama mace ta farko da ta jagoranci Ma'aikatar Ayyuka da Tsaron Jama'a. A shekara ta 1991, ta kalubalanci Kotun Koli ta Zabe kuma ta lashe shari'arta ta tuhumar cewa bangarorin zartarwa da majalisa na kasar suna gudanar da bashin ba bisa ka'ida ba. Wannan yanke shawara ce mai mahimmanci ga Costa Rica, amma ta ki damar da za ta yi takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa bayan nasarar da ta samu.

A cikin dogon aikinta, ta sami kyaututtuka da girmamawa da yawa. ANDE ta amince da aikinta a shekarar 1986, Pan American Round Table ta girmama ta a shekara ta 2003, ƙungiyar lauyoyi ta girmama ta azaman Lauyan Mako a shekara ta 2005, Majalisa ta Alajuela ta sanya ta a matsayin Yarinyar da aka fi so na bikin Ranar Duniya na 2007, tsakanin sauran kyaututtuka da yawa. Cibiyar Mata ta Kasa da Hukumar Kare Jama'a sun shiga don sanya mata suna a matsayin daya daga cikin "Mafi Girma Mata na Costa Rica" a shekara ta 2009.[1]

Quesada ya mutu a ranar 18 ga Maris 2011 a Costa Rica . 

## Manazarta