Laura Mae Corrigan

**Laura Mae Corrigan** (2 ga watan Janairun 1879 - 22 ga watan Janairu 1948) ta kasance mai arziki a Amurka kuma mai ba da agaji.   Ayyukanta a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu na tallafawa sojojin Allied da kuma taimaka wa 'yan gudun hijira daga Turai da aka mamaye ta ya haifar da samun lambar yabo ta Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour, Croix du Combattant, da Medal na Sarki don Aiki a cikin Cause of Freedom . 

## Aure da shahararren zamantakewa
An haifi Corrigan a Wisconsin a 1879 ga Charles da Emma Whitlock . Ta fara auren likitan Chicago mai suna Duncan R. MacMartin, wanda ta sadu da shi yayin da take aiki a matsayin mai ba da abinci. Daga baya ta sake auren MacMartin kuma a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 1916, ta sake auren James W. Corrigan, ɗan ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co. na Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland da New York al'umma sun yi watsi da sababbin ma'aurata saboda rashin tausayi na Laura da rikodin ta a matsayin mai saki, don haka a cikin 1919 sun koma London. Corrigans sun yi abota da Alice Keppel kuma sun hayar gidanta a titin Grosvenor a Mayfair .  A cikin lokaci Mrs. Corrigan ta sami suna saboda jam'iyyun da ta yi, ta shiga cikin wasu fitattun 'yan majalisa na asalin Amurka kamar Emerald Cunard, Elsa Maxwell, da Nancy Astor. Kodayake gabaɗaya ta kasance babbar nasara, har yanzu ta fuskanci nuna bambanci saboda asalin ta (abokin hamayyarta Mrs. Ronnie Greville ta koka cewa ba ta da isasshen yunwa" don cin abinci tare da Mrs. Corrigan). 

A shekara ta 1925 mijinta ya koma Cleveland don ya zama mai kula da kamfanin mahaifinsa. Misis Corrigan ta kasance a Turai kuma bayan mutuwar James a 1928, ta gaji hannun jarinsa a Corrigan-McKinney, wanda daga ƙarshe ta sayar wa Jamhuriyar Karfe don dala miliyan 21. Kudin shiga da ta samu daga saka hannun jari ya kai $ 800,000 a kowace shekara a ranar yakin duniya na biyu. Ulf Aschan ya rubuta, mai yiwuwa yana ambaton bayanin Elspeth Huxley a baya (1985) game da Corrigan, dangane da tasirin da ta yi a kan al'ummar Burtaniya ta Gabashin Afirka a Babati, "An san ta da dukiyarta - wacce ta samo asali daga ma'adinan ƙarfe na mijinta - da kuma nishaɗin da take yi a ƙoƙarin kama masu arziki da lakabi, Laura kuma kula da matalauta, duk da cewa ana kiranta, abokai don tabbatar da ka'idoji a kowane fanni. "  Sunan ta a London ta sha wahala a ƙarshen shekarun 1930 sakamakon haɗin Edward Simpson.

Daga cikin ayyukanta na jin kai, Corrigan ta goyi bayan Zoo na Cleveland kuma a cikin 1933 ta ba da kyautar dabbobi 28 da ta samu a safari a Afirka, wanda ya zama babban abin da ya faru a tarin Zoo a cikin shekarun 1930. Corrigan ya kuma ba da gudummawar $ 5,000 don tallafawa abinci na shekaru 4 ga dabbobi, tunda Zoo bai iya biyan kuɗin kula da su ba.[1] A wannan shekarar ta ba da gudummawar $ 10,000 ga dalilai da yawa a cikin asalin Wisconsin, gami da Asusun Taimako na Rashin Aiki na Wisconsin Rapids, Kungiyar Asibitin Riverview, da kuma Sashen Kudancin Wood County na Red Cross.[2]

## Yaƙin Duniya na II

Lokacin da yaƙin ya ɓarke tsakanin Faransa da Jamus a watan Satumbar 1939, Corrigan ta zaɓi ta kasance a Paris a matsayin ɗan ƙasar Amurka mai tsaka-tsaki a Otal din Ritz, inda ta daɗe tana kula da ɗaki. Ta kafa wata kungiya ta taimako ga ma'aikatan Allied da ake kira "La Bienvenue" kuma ta horar da manyan jami'an Nazi a Paris, gami da Hermann Goering . Bayan da Jamus ta mamaye Faransa a 1940, Corrigan ta koma Vichy da ba a mamaye ta ba, inda ta zama sananne da "Mala'ikan Amurka" don taimakawa wajen tallafawa Resistance na Faransa da kuma taimaka wa 'yan gudun hijira. Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta rage kudin shiga zuwa $ 500 kawai a wata a matsayin wani ɓangare na kulawar lokacin yaƙi akan motsi na kuɗi a ƙasashen waje, don haka ta sayar da kayan ɗanta, kayan ado, da sauran abubuwa masu daraja don ci gaba da tallafawa ayyukanta na 'yan gudun hijira da juriya. A shekara ta 1942 ta tsere zuwa Ingila ta hanyar Portugal, kuma ta ba da kanta ga shirya agaji ga 'yan gudun hijirar Faransa da sojoji. Ta gudanar da wani shahararren kulob din ga 'yan jirgin sama da ake kira Wing's Club kusa da RAF Wing a Buckinghamshire . Don nuna godiya ga jaruntakarta, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honor da Croix du Combattant daga Jamhuriyar Faransa bayan yakin, da kuma lambar yabo ta Sarki don hidima a cikin Cause of Freedom daga gwamnatin Burtaniya. 

## Mutuwa
Corrigan ta mutu a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 1948, yayin da take Birnin New York tana ziyartar 'yar'uwarta. An binne ta tare da mijinta a Kabari na Lake View na Cleveland . 

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