Lydia Manley Henry

**Lydia Manley Henry** DSc (30 Yuni 1891 - 27 Maris 1985) ita ce mace ta farko da ta kammala karatun digiri a fannin kiwon lafiya daga Jami'ar Sheffield . Ta yi aiki tare da Asibitocin Mata na Scotland don Ayyukan Kasashen Waje a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na farko . Gwamnatin Faransa ta ba ta lambar yabo ta Croix de Guerre . Don rubutunta game da gangrene, bisa ga kwarewarta a lokacin yaƙi, an ba ta digiri na MD, mace ta farko da ta kammala karatu tare da wannan digiri daga Jami'ar Sheffield .

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Lydia Henry a Macduff, Scotland .  Ita 'yar William Paterson Henry ce (1853-1894) da matarsa Elizabeth Dawson Murdoch (1856-1946).   Mahaifinta ya mutu daga tarin fuka lokacin da take 'yar shekara biyu. Mahaifiyarta ta koma Sheffield ta bar 'yarta ta haife ta a mahaifiyarta a Macduff. A lokacin da take da shekaru 14, ta koma Sheffield don shiga mahaifiyarta, wacce ta fara aiki a Kwalejin Horar da Malamai a Sheffield kuma a cikin 1905, ta zama Mataimakin Shugaban Kwalejin Koyarwa ta Birni. A wannan lokacin, ta ji cewa za ta iya kula da 'yarta.

Henry ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Sheffield don 'yan mata. Ta shiga makarantar likitancin Jami'ar Sheffield a 1909. A watan Yunin 1916, ta kammala karatu tare da MB ChB, kuma tare da abokiyar ɗalibarta, Florence Elizabeth Millard, su ne mata na farko da suka sami digiri na likita daga jami'ar. Kashegari ta zama mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a matsayin likitan asibiti a Sheffield . 

## Ayyukan likita
Henry ya ci gaba da ƙwarewa wajen aiki a matsayin jami'in gida a Sheffield Royal Infirmary da Sheffield Real Hospital. A lokacin yakin duniya na farko, ya zama da sauƙi ga mata likitoci su sami matsayi a asibitocin koyarwa, yayin da likitocin maza da yawa ke aiki a cikin sojoji. Kwarewarta ta haɗa da aiki a asibitin mata na Sheffield Royal Infirmary don cututtukan venereal, mace ta farko da ta yi hakan.

Kashegari bayan kammala aikin jami'in gida kuma ya zama cikakke ya cancanci yin aikin likita, Henry ya shiga Asibitocin Mata na Scotland don Ayyukan Kasashen Waje (SWH), yana aiki a asibitin da aka kafa a Royaumont Abbey, arewa maso gabashin Paris. Ta isa a watan Yulin 1917 kuma ita ce likita mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin ma'aikatan. A can, a matsayin mataimakiyar likitan tiyata, tana kula da unguwar Blanche de Castille .  Daga baya ta yi aiki a asibitin SWH da ke Villers-Cotterêts, wanda ke kula da sojojin Faransa maimakon na Burtaniya. Bayan yakin gwamnatin Faransa ta ba ta lambar yabo ta Croix de Guerre . 

Bayan yakin, Henry ta yi aiki a kan rubutun MD, wanda ya kasance a kan gangrene, bisa ga abubuwan da ta samu tare da yanayin a Royaumont. Tare da wannan rubutun, a cikin 1920 ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Sheffield tare da digiri na MD, mace ta farko da ta yi hakan. Naɗin a matsayin mataimakin jami'in kiwon lafiya na Blackburn, Lancashire, ya biyo baya. Nasararta a wannan mukamin ta haifar da nadin ta a matsayin shugabar Sashen Ayyukan Jama'a a Kwalejin Sarki don Mata na Jami'ar London, kuma ta ci gaba da zama memba na Majalisar Dattijai.[1]

Henry ya yi hijira zuwa Kanada a 1925 kuma ya yi aure, ya zama Mrs J. Stewart Henry . Ta daina aiki a matsayin likita. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, ta samar da tufafi ga ma'aikatan Minesweeper da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na Faransa da ke aiki daga arewa maso gabashin Scotland.

A shekara ta 1978, makarantar likitanci ta Jami'ar Edinburgh ta ba ta digiri na DSc, a lokacin bikin cika shekaru 150 da haihuwa.

## Mutuwa da gado
Ta mutu a Saint John, New Brunswick, Kanada, a ranar 27 ga Maris 1985. An gina wani abin tunawa da ita a wurin haihuwarta, Macduff, Scotland . 

## Manazarta