Leonora Cohen

**Leonora Cohen** OBE (née Throp; 15 Yuni 1873 - 4 Satumba 1978) ta kasance 'yar Ingila ce kuma mai sana'a, kuma ɗaya daga cikin mata masu shari'a na farko. An san ta da "Tower Suffragette" bayan ta ragargaza wani akwati a cikin Hasumiyar Landan kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai tsaron Emmeline Pankhurst . Ta rayu har zuwa shekaru 105 kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga raƙuman mata na biyu a cikin shekarun 1970s.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Cohen a Leonora Throp a Hunslet,  Leeds a ranar 15 ga Yuni 1873 ga Canova da Jane  ( née Lamie) Throp.   Mahaifinta, Canova Throp, ƙwararren mai sassaka ne amma ya mutu a shekara ta 1879  lokacin da Leonora ke da shekaru 5, bayan kamuwa da cutar tarin fuka a kashin baya,  wanda ya bar mahaifiyarta bazawara don renon Cohen da ƙannenta biyu.  Mahaifiyarta ta yi aiki a matsayin mai dinki don kula da iyalin.  Cohen ta zama mai cin ganyayyaki a shekara ta 1891 wanda ta ci gaba da zama har tsawon rayuwarta. 

Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gyaran injina kuma yayin da take aiki a matsayin mai siyan injina, ta haɗu da Henry Cohen,  mataimakin mai gyaran kayan ado a tsakiyar Leeds kuma ɗan baƙi Yahudawa, kwanan nan daga Warsaw .  Henry abokin yarinta ne amma dukkan iyalai sun yi adawa da auren. 

Ɗan fari na ma'auratan, Rosetta, ya mutu a shekararta ta farko.  A shekarar 1902, Cohen ta haifi ɗanta Reginald wanda ya rayu har zuwa lokacin da ya girma.  A cikin shekaru tara masu zuwa, ƙaramin iyalin ya ji daɗin rayuwa mai natsuwa yayin da kasuwancin Henry a matsayin mai yin kayan ado ya bunƙasa.  

## Kwarin gwiwa don zama mai jefa ƙuri'a
Mahaifiyar Cohen Jane ta kasance mai tasiri a rayuwarta. Domin mahaifiyarta gwauruwa ce mai dinki wadda ta renon 'ya'ya uku ita kaɗai, a bayyane yake ga Cohen cewa mahaifiyarta ba ta da 'yanci a matsayinta na mace da ke zaune a Birtaniya a ƙarshen ƙarni na sha tara. A wata hira da aka yi da ita a ƙarshen rayuwa, Cohen ya bayyana cewa, "Rayuwa ta yi wahala. Mahaifiyata za ta ce 'Leonora, da a ce mu mata muna da ra'ayi a kan abubuwa', amma ba mu yi ba. Mutumin da ya bugu da giya ... yana da ƙuri'a kawai saboda shi namiji ne. Na yi alƙawarin zan yi ƙoƙarin canza abubuwa."  Cohen ta fahimci tun tana ƙarama cewa mahaifiyarta dole ne ta shawo kan manyan cikas a rayuwarta kawai saboda ita mace ce. "Rashin ƙarfafawa na mahaifiyarta ne ya sa ta zama mai tsattsauran ra'ayi." 

## Ayyuka suna magana da ƙarfi fiye da kalmomi
Cohen ta yi ta zanga-zanga da dama a kan gwamnati. A shekarar 1909, ta shiga ƙungiyar Leeds Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), wadda Emmeline Pankhurst ta kafa a shekarar 1903.  Daga baya, Cohen ya kasance wani ɓangare na "The BodyGuard" ga Mrs Pankhurst. 

A shekarar 1911, Cohen ta shiga zanga-zanga inda ta jefa dutse a kan tagar ginin gwamnati; an kama ta aka tsare ta a gidan yarin Holloway na tsawon kwana bakwai. [1] Ta kare kanta a kotu kuma, duk da cewa an same ta da laifi, an sake ta. [2] An kuma "yi mata duka da dunkulewar hannun ɗan sanda sannan aka buge ta a ƙarƙashin doki na ɗan sanda" a zanga-zangar Majalisar Wakilai. [3] Yayin da Cohen ta fara ɗaukar matakai masu ƙarfi a matsayin mai son tsayawa takara, iyalinta sun goyi bayan amincewarta ga zaɓen amma abokanta ba su yi ba; ta sami wasiƙun ƙiyayya kuma an ruwaito cewa ɗanta ya fuskanci tsanantawa a makaranta. [1]

## Manazarta