Algie Eggertsen Ballif

**Algie Eggertsen Ballif** (3 May 1896 &#x2013; 11 July 1984) was an educational leader and politician in Utah. She served from 1959 to 1961 as a member of the Utah House of Representatives.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Ballif ga Lars Eggertsen da Annie Nielsen Eggertsen a Provo, Utah . An haifi Ballif da lebe mai tsagewa.  Ita 'yar'uwar Virginia Sorenson da Esther Peterson ce Iyalinta suna ɗaukar ɗalibai daga Jami'ar Brigham Young (BYU) a lokacin da take girma. An tilasta wa Algie barin wasu daga cikin azuzuwan ta don taimakawa wajen yin ayyukan gida, kodayake iyayenta koyaushe suna mai da hankali kan koyo da mahimmancin ilimi  Ta fara sha'awar rawa bayan halartar wani wasan opera a Provo Opera House. Ta yi atisaye a gida lokacin da babu kowa a gida, amma ta sami damar yin rajista a azuzuwan rawa yayin da take karatu a BYU. Bayanan da ta rubuta a mujallar sun nuna cewa Ballif "tana damuwa da yanayin fasaha da al'amuran zuciya." 

A shekara ta 1916, Ballif ta sami aiki daga Shugaban BYU, George Brimhall, don zuwa aikin koyarwa a Ricks Academy . Ta koyar da fannoni da yawa, ciki har da dakin motsa jiki, tauhidi, bayyana ra'ayi da Turanci. A lokacin da take Ricks Academy, ta haɗu da George S. Ballif a wani rawa na makaranta, wanda daga baya za ta aura.  

Ta koma Provo, Utah a shekarar 1917 kuma ta kammala karatunta daga BYU a shekarar 1918.   A lokacin bazara na shekarar 1920, Ballif ta ƙaura zuwa Berkeley, California tare da mahaifinta don halartar wani shirin rawa na tsawon makonni 12. Ta shiga wasannin kwaikwayo kuma ta ɗauki azuzuwan karatu. Waɗannan abubuwan sun ba ta sabbin dabaru don aiwatarwa a cikin aikinta na koyarwa a BYU. 

Ta auri George S. Ballif (1894–1977) a ranar 24 ga Disamba, 1920 a Salt Lake City, Utah .  Shi ma ya kammala karatunsa daga BYU kuma ya sami tallafin karatu zuwa Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard . Algie ya zauna a Provo kuma ya yi aiki don taimakawa wajen ba shi kuɗin karatunsa.  A shekara ta 1924, George ya canja makarantu kuma ya sami digirin lauya daga Jami'ar California, Makarantar Shari'a ta Berkeley . Ya kasance lauyan birni na Provo kuma daga baya ya zama Lauyan Gundumar.  Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya 4: Algene, Joan, George, da Ann "Grethe". 'Yarsu Ann Greta Ballif ita ce matar Chase N. Peterson wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Jami'ar Utah. 

## Sana'a

### Koyarwa
Algie Ballif ta fara aikin koyarwa ne bayan ta kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Brigham Young. Ta fara aiki a Makarantar Sakandare ta American Fork daga 1918 zuwa 1919. Saboda annobar mura, an tilasta mata ta kula da iyalinta. Bayan annobar, Shugaba George Brimhall ya ba ta mukamin koyarwa a BYU. Ta koyar da fannoni daban-daban: magana, Turanci, ilimin motsa jiki, rawa, da kuma Littafin Mormon . Ta haɓaka azuzuwan rawa da ilimin motsa jiki da yawa, musamman ga mata a BYU. Akwai ɗan rikici tsakanin Ballif da gwamnati kan irin suturar da ta dace a saka a harabar jami'a. Ta koyar kuma ta haɓaka manhajar karatu har zuwa 1923, lokacin da ta ƙaura zuwa Berkeley, California don zama tare da mijinta a lokacin shekararsa ta ƙarshe ta makarantar lauya. 

### Ɗan siyasa
An zaɓi Ballif a matsayin shugabar reshen mata na jihar na Babban Taron Ƙungiyar Legion ta Amurka wanda aka gudanar a Provo a shekarar 1930. A matsayinta na shugabar ƙasa, ta halarci Babban Taron Ƙungiyar Legion ta Ƙasa, inda ta yi jawabi na mintuna goma.  A shekarar 1932, ta zama shugabar ƙungiyar ta ƙasa. An soki ta da ɗaukar irin waɗannan nauyin yayin da take da ƙananan yara a gida.

A shekarar 1935, an zaɓe ta a hukumar makarantar Provo, duk da cewa ta yi takara da maza biyu. Ta yi wa'adi na shekaru biyar,  daga 1935 zuwa 1958.  Yayin da take aiki a hukumar, ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugabar ƙungiyar Allon Makarantun Utah na wa'adi biyu.  Ballif ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 23 a Hukumar Regents ta Jami'ar Utah .  Ta fara shirin rawa na farko a jami'ar. 

Ballif ta kuma kasance tana da alaƙa da Jam'iyyar Democrat a Utah; ta zama mataimakiyar shugaban sannan kuma shugabar Jam'iyyar Democratic Party ta Utah . Sashe ya nemi ta yi takarar majalisar dattijai ta jihar a shekarar 1958. Ta yi aiki daga 1959 zuwa 1961 a matsayin memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta Utah .  Yayinda yake aiki a majalisar dokoki ta jihar, Ballil ya shiga cikin yakin neman zabe da zaben John F. Kennedy. Ta sadu da Eleanor Roosevelt, wacce aka nada ta shugabar Hukumar Amurka kan Matsayin Mata; An nada 'yar'uwar Ballif Esther Peterson mataimakin shugabar. Eleanor Roosevelt ta nemi Algie ya yi aiki a Kwamitin Ilimi. Wannan aikin ya buƙaci ta je Washington, DC sau ɗaya a wata. A shekara ta 1963, ta yi takarar majalisar dattijai ta jihar, amma ta rasa.

Ta kuma yi aiki a Hukumar Matsayin Mata ta Jihar Utah. A shekarar 1965 aka nemi ta shiga Hukumar Jin Dadin Jama'a ta Jihar Utah;  daga baya ta zama darakta a Sashen Ayyukan Iyali.  An nada Ballif a Kwamitin Membobi 15 na Nazarin Gidajen Lafiya a Amurka a shekarar 1967, Shugaba Lyndon Johnson . 

### Sauran Nasara
Ballif ta yi aiki a Hukumar Kula da Agaji ta Provo Stake of Relief Society inda ta kula da darussa na adabi tsawon shekaru goma.  A shekarar 1958, an nada ta a matsayin Mutumin Shekara a Ilimi na Utah.  Ta taka rawa sosai a cikin al'ummarta kuma ta kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyoyi da yawa na gida da na jiha kamar Ƙungiyar Tsoffin Ɗaliban Jami'ar Brigham Young (BYU), Ƙungiyar BYU Emeritus, Ƙungiyar Abokan Laburare ta BYU, PTA, Ƙungiyoyin Mata na Tarayya, Majalisar Dokokin Mata, Sorosis, da Ƙungiyar Taimakon Ƙungiyar Amurka. 

## Rayuwa daga baya
Ballif ta yi fama da matsalar ciwon ido. Ta yi ritaya daga Hukumar Jin Daɗi a shekarar 1974, inda ta kawo ƙarshen aikinta na gwamnati. Ta ci gaba da halartar taruka, tarurrukan siyasa da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki. Ta yi fafutukar neman lafiya ta duniya, haƙƙin tsofaffi da kuma Daidaiton Haƙƙoƙin Bil Adama.  A tsawon rayuwarta, ta kasance memba na Cocin Yesu Kiristi na Waliyyan Ƙarshe.

Ta zama makaho kuma kurma kaɗan. Mijinta George ya mutu a watan Oktoba na 1977. Bayan rasuwarsa, ta sha fama da bugun jini iri-iri.  Ta mutu a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1984.  Membobin Kwamitin Manzannin Sha Biyu, James E. Faust, Marvin J. Ashton da Dallin H. Oaks sun yi jawabi a jana'izarta. 

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