Mary Ann Colclough

**Mary Ann Colclough** ( née **Barnes** ; 20 Fabrairu 1836 &#x2013; 7 Maris 1885) yar' yar New Zealand ce kuma mai gyara zamantakewa. An haife ta a London, Ingila a ranar 20 ga Fabrairu 1836.  Ta ba da gudummawa ga jaridu daban-daban na mulkin mallaka a ƙarƙashin sunan Polly Plum. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Mary Ann Colclough a London a shekara ta alif dari takwas da talatin da shida 1836, 'yar Susan da John Thomas Barnes, magini. An horar da ta a matsayin malami kuma ta zo New Zealand a 1859, ta zauna a Auckland . A ranar 9 ga Mayu 1861, a Onehunga, ta auri Thomas Caesar Colclough (ya mutu Yuli 1867), wanda a da na Galleenstown Castle, County Dublin. Akwai 'ya'ya biyu: 'yar Mary Louise (1862-1953) da ɗa William Caesar Sarsfield (1864-1926).

## Ayyukan aiki
Kodayake an yi watsi da aikinta kuma an manta da ita, Mary Ann Colclough na ɗaya daga cikin na farko, kuma tabbas a cikin mafi hazaka, na shugabannin mata a wannan ƙasa. A ƙarshen shekarun sittin da farkon 70s kuma a ƙarƙashin sunan "Polly Plum", ta fito a gaba a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa ga jaridun mulkin mallaka daban-daban. Rubuce-rubucenta, wadanda aka fi iya rubutawa, sun kunshi batutuwa daban-daban tun daga abubuwan da suka shafi gida, kula da gida mai kyau, da makamantansu, zuwa fafutukar kare hakkin mata kai tsaye. Shahararrun 'yan jaridanta na farko sun kasance masu tsauri a cikin sautin, sosai daidai da tarurrukan adabi na lokacin, amma balagaggen rubutunta ya shafi batutuwan da suka shafi matsayin mata a cikin gida da al'umma. A cikin wannan lokaci na aikinta Mary Colclough ta nuna kanta a matsayin mace mai tunani mai amfani da kuma kyakkyawan manufa da ka'idoji, wanda ke da hankali sosai game da yawancin matsalolin zamantakewa da ke buƙatar gyara cikin gaggawa. Ta ci gaba da yakin neman zabe ta hanyar wasiku na lokaci-lokaci zuwa ga manema labarai, wani lokacin ana buga su a nesa kamar Melbourne Argus da London Times . Waɗannan an bayyana su da kyau ko da yaushe.

Ya kasance a matsayin malami, duk da haka, "Polly Plum", mai gyarawa da mata, ya zama sananne sosai. Kusan kafin taron siyasa ya zama abin yabo, ta iya jawo hankalin jama'a da yawa kuma, a wani lokaci, ta yi magana a gaban Gwamna Sir GF Bowen. A matsayinta na gwarzuwar gwarzawar 'yancin mata, ta yi zazzafan kai wa "ƙautar da doka" ta jima'i. Ta yi izgili da ra'ayin cewa mata su yi karatu don gida kawai; duk ayyukan yi, gami da irin wadannan sana’o’in kamar na likitanci, ya kamata a bude musu. Ta kuma kalubalanci hakkin uba na mallakar ‘ya’yansa shi kadai tare da nuna rashin adalcin da doka ta tanada dangane da hakkin mallakar matan aure. A lokaci guda, ta matsa lamba don inganta yanayin aiki na masu sana'a, masu shaguna, da na gida, tare da isasshen kariya daga talauci da matsalolin tsufa. Lallai ta kasance mai tursasawa; bisa ga shaidar zamani, “... ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun magana da sahihanci da muka saurara a cikin mazauna.”

A cikin 1875 Mary Colclough ta fara yaƙin neman zaɓe a Melbourne . Da alama ta sami nasara kaɗan, domin, kamar yawancin masu gyara mata na lokacin, ta kasance a gaban ra'ayin jama'a. *Argus* ta yi tsokaci sosai game da ƙoƙarinta na inganta yanayin jima'i a duk faɗin duniya kuma ba ta ga dalilin "kuka kan baƙin ciki mai daɗi" na ayyukanta ba. Yana yiwuwa - ko da yake ba zai yiwu ba - irin wannan ƙin yarda ya sanyaya mata gyaran fuska; duk da haka, a ƙarshen shekarun saba'in ta zama kamar ta janye daga wurin jama'a. Tabbas ta tsunduma cikin koyarwa a wannan lokacin, na farko a Auckland kuma, daga baya, a Canterbury . Daga kimanin 1876 zuwa 1878 ta kasance uwargida mai kula da makarantar 'yan mata a Rangiora, kuma a cikin 1881 ta kasance uwar jariri a Papanui . A bayyane yake cewa haɗin gwiwarta da arewa ya yi rauni, domin lokacin da labarin mutuwarta ba zato ba tsammani ya kai Auckland a watan Maris na 1885, ya ɗan tayar da hankali fiye da furucin da aka yi cewa mutuwarta za ta yi nadama ga mutane da yawa waɗanda suka san ta a zamanin da. 

## Mutuwa
Ta mutu a Picton a ranar 7 ga Maris 1885, bayan wani hatsarin da ta karya mata hannu da kafa. An binne ta a makabartar Picton.

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## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* 1871: Haruffa zuwa kuma daga Polly Plum (sunan alkalami Mary Ann Colclough)