Janet McCallum (mai rinjaye)

**Janet "Jenny ko Jennie" McCallum** ko **Janet Richardson** (21 ga Yuli 1881 - 24 ga Maris 1946) ta kasance 'yar ƙungiyar kwadago ta Scotland kuma 'yar aiki a fannin zaɓe a cikin wata ƙungiya da ta ƙunshi masu fafutuka na tsakiya da na sama.  A matsayinta na memba na ƙungiyar 'Yancin Mata, ta shirya tarurruka a Scotland kuma ta shiga zanga-zanga a London . An kama ta bayan zanga-zanga a Majalisar Wakilai kuma ta shafe lokaci a gidan yarin Holloway .  Daga baya ta zama mai shirya cikakken lokaci na ƙungiyar ma'aikatan yadi ta Scotland .  A shekarar 1919, ta fara yajin aikin haya da mata suka jagoranta daga masu haya na Rosyth . 

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Janet McCallum a Asibitin Hill da ke Dunfermline a shekarar 1881. [1] Ita ce babba a cikin 'ya'ya goma sha uku na Janet McCallum (1860-1933) da John McCallum (1857-c. 1905), mai sassaka dutse. Mahaifinta ya yi aiki a kan gina gadar Forth . Ta yi ƙuruciyarta a garin Inverkeithing, kuma wataƙila ta yi karatu a Makarantar St. Leonard da ke Dunfermline. [1] Ta yi aiki a masana'antar saka lilin, Mathewson's, [2] [3] a matsayin mai gyaran igiya har zuwa 1908. [4] Ta kasance ba a saba gani ba wajen zama mace mai aiki wacce ke da himma a cikin ƙungiyar mata ta zaɓe. [5] [6]

## Ƙungiyoyin fafutuka

### Ƙungiyar ƙwadago
A lokacin da take ƙarama, McCallum ta shiga cikin ayyukan ƙungiyar ƙwadago . A shekarar 1907 ta shirya abin da ake kira "Babban Zanga-zanga" inda shugabannin ƙasa na Ƙungiyar Mata ta Zamantakewa da Siyasa (WSPU), ciki har da Christabel Pankhurst da sauran shugabannin ƙasa, suka zo Yammacin Fife. 

A watan Oktoba na wannan shekarar ta halarci wani taro kan aikin kwadago da ake yi a Glasgow, wanda zai kasance abin sha'awa a gare ta idan aka yi la'akari da aikinta a masana'anta.  Jenny ta shirya kuma ta jagoranci tarurrukan bude baki, sau da yawa tare da Anna Munro ta kungiyar 'Yancin Mata (WFL). 

### Fafutukar 'Yancin Zaɓe
A shekarar 1908,  McCallum da 'yar uwarta sun shiga ƙungiyar 'Yancin Mata.  Ƙungiyar ƙungiya ce da ta balle daga WSPU wadda ta yi adawa da tsarin mulkin kama-karya na Pankhursts .  A lokacin bazara na 1908, McCallum ya shiga cikin tasirin zaɓen maye gurbi a wuraren da jam'iyyar Liberal ke da ƙarfi, wata dabara da masu fafutukar kare haƙƙin mata ke amfani da ita a wannan lokacin. 

A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1908, ta kasance a Landan, tana halartar wani taron da ƙungiyar 'Yancin Mata ta shirya. A cewar wani rahoto na labarai, an gudanar da ayyuka da dama a lokaci guda. Wata ƙungiyar mata *"da wasu maza biyu"*  suna cikin Gidan Tarihi na Mata na Majalisar Wakilai, suka fara ihu, *"Mai girma Kakakin Majalisa, 'yan Majalisar Wakilai, mun daɗe muna sauraro a bayan gidan. Matan Ingila suna buƙatar kaɗa ƙuri'a."*  A lokaci guda, ana tura wani allo ta cikin gidan tarihi na mata, wanda ya rubuta, *"Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Mata tana buƙatar ƙuri'a ga mata"* .  Akwai kuma wata ƙungiya a waje, tana shiga zanga-zanga a Old Palace Yard a wajen Majalisar Wakilai ; wata jarida ta ruwaito cewa *"'yan takara huɗu masu son shiga zaɓe sun hau kan mutum-mutumi"*, na Richard Coeur de Lion .   

Lokacin da aka kama McCallum, wani ɗan sanda ya ce mata *"Ki tafi, ke 'yar Scotland ce."*  Rahotanni game da shari'ar da aka yi mata sun bayyana ta a matsayin "ƙaramin yarinya 'yar Scotland mai lafazi mai kyau" kuma sun ɗauke ta a matsayin abin dariya.  An ba ta zaɓin biyan tarar £5 ko yin hukunci kuma ta zaɓi hukuncin wata ɗaya. 

## Manazarta