Ruth Rothstein

**Ruth M. Rothstein** (Afrilu 5, 1923 - Agusta 4, 2013) ta kasance mai fafutukar kare lafiyar jama'a da aka san ta da ita a duk fadin kasar, wacce ta rayu bisa ga yakinin cewa kula da lafiya hakki ne, ba gata ba, kuma cibiyoyi suna da alhakin al'umma.

Rothstein, wacce ta rasu a ranar 4 ga Agusta, 2013 tana da shekaru 90, ta share fagen mata a harkokin kula da lafiya, inda ta tashi daga aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin fasaha a dakin gwaje-gwaje don gudanar da tsarin kiwon lafiya a daya daga cikin manyan biranen kasar. Rothstein ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaba kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa na Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Mount Sinai, darektan Asibitin Cook County, da kuma Shugabar Sashen Lafiyar Jama'a na Gundumar Cook. Daga 2003 har zuwa rasuwarta, ta taimaka wajen jagorantar Jami'ar Magunguna da Kimiyya ta Rosalind Franklin da ke Arewacin Chicago, Ill., a matsayin shugaban kwamitin amintattu. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Rothstein a ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 1923, a Brooklyn, NY kuma ta girma a lokacin matsin tattalin arziki a wani hawa na huɗu a unguwar Yahudawa 'yan ci-rani ta Brownsville. Ta halarci Makarantar Hebrew kuma ta buga violin. Ita ce babba cikin 'ya'ya huɗu, sau da yawa tana raka mahaifinta, mai ra'ayin gurguzu da kuma mai shirya ƙungiyoyin kwadago, zuwa tarurruka da zanga-zanga. Tana da shekaru 11 tana yin jawabai a kusurwoyin titi game da buƙatar agajin aiki.

Iyalin ba su da kuɗin zuwa jami'a. Rothstein ta tuna cewa ta je aiki ne daga makarantar sakandare kuma a lokacin ne ta sayi rigar sanyi ta farko.

## Mai shirya ƙungiyar, Matar aure, Uwa, Ma'aikacin Lab
Ta bar New York a farkon shekarunta na 20 ta koma Cleveland, Ohio, inda ta sami aiki tare da ƙungiyar ma'aikatan wutar lantarki ta United Electrical Workers wadda ke shirya mata waɗanda ke aiki a General Electric, Westinghouse, da General Motors.

Shekaru biyar bayan haka, ta karɓi tayin aiki a ƙungiyar kwadago a Chicago, amma da ta isa can ta ga an ɗauke ta aiki don ta maye gurbin wata mace. Ta ƙi aikin.

Daga nan ta fara aiki da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Ma'adinai ta Duniya, Mill da Smelter. Ta auri lauyan kwadago David Rothstein a shekarar 1950 kuma ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Martha da Jonathan. A shekarar 1952, ta koma aiki bisa ga buƙatar wata ƙawarta da ke buƙatar taimako a dakin gwaje-gwaje a Asibitin Jackson Park da ke Chicago. A can, Rothstein ta zama ƙwararren ma'aikacin dakin gwaje-gwaje kuma ta ci gaba zuwa daraktan ma'aikata.  

## Ceton Dutsen Sinai
A shekarar 1966, likita ya ɗauke ta aiki don ta yi amfani da ƙwarewarta ta shiryawa a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Mt. Sinai. Da farko shugaban asibitin ya ƙi ta saboda ba ta da digirin kwaleji. Amma ba da daɗewa ba aka ɗauke ta aiki don yin aiki a matsayin mai karɓar baƙi. Ta shafe shekaru 25 tana aiki don sabunta asibitin Yahudawa da ya durƙushe, wanda ya rufe kansa daga unguwannin da ke cike da baƙar fata da 'yan Hispanik.

Bayan an naɗa ta a matsayin shugaba a shekarar 1970, ta buɗe aiki a asibitin West Side ga mazauna unguwar, ciki har da wani aikin gidaje na gwamnati da ke kusa, kuma ta yi aiki don haɗa asibitin cikin rayuwar al'umma da kuma kawo sauyi ba kawai a fannin kula da lafiya ba, har ma a fannin aiki da gidaje. Ta fara shirye-shirye ciki har da ba da shawara kan fyaɗe, tsarin iyali da kuma abinci mai gina jiki.

Rothstein ya ɗauki Dutsen Sinai a matsayin gada tsakanin al'ummomin Yahudawa da waɗanda ba Yahudawa ba. Ya ɗauki shekaru goma na aiki tuƙuru don canza hoton asibitin, don sake gina alfahari da ƙima a cikin cibiyar tsakanin Yahudawa da kuma shawo kan gwamnati cewa asibitin, wanda galibi ke hidimar marasa lafiya na agajin jama'a, abu ne mai matuƙar muhimmanci.

## Manazarta