Christiana Carteaux Bannister

**Christiana Carteaux Bannister** ( née Babcock ; 1819–1902) 'yar kasuwa ce ta Amurka, mai gyaran gashi, kuma mai son kawar da kai daga harkokin kasuwanci a New England. An san ta da sana'a a matsayin **Madame Carteaux** . Christiana ta auri mai fasaha Edward Mitchell Bannister, wanda ta tallafa masa da kuɗi a farkon aikinsa.  Duk da cewa an yi watsi da gadon Christiana a baya, labaran ayyukanta a majiyoyi masu shahara a ƙarshen shekarun 2010 sun jawo hankali ga nasararta da ƙoƙarinta na siyasa. 

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Christiana Carteaux Bannister a shekara ta 1819 a North Kingstown, Rhode Island .  An haife ta ne ga iyayen Ba’amurke Ba’amurke kuma iyayen Indiyawan Narragansett .  Ta fito ne daga zuriyar bayin Afirka waɗanda ke aiki a gonakin South County, Rhode Island, a lokacin ƙarni na 18.  A lokacin da take ƙarama, ta ƙaura zuwa Boston inda ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gyaran wig da kuma mai gyaran gashi . 

## Aure
Christiana ta bayyana a cikin kundin adireshi na Boston na 1846 da aka jera a matsayin mai sayar da kayayyaki. Bayanan sun kuma nuna cewa ta auri Desiline Carteaux, dillalin tufafi kuma mai yin sigari.  &#x3A;&#x200A;105&#x200A;Aurenta da Carteaux, wanda ake kyautata zaton asalinsa daga yankin Caribbean ne, bai daɗe ba.  Su biyun sun zauna a Beacon Hill a Boston, amma a shekarar 1850 suka rabu kuma Christiana ta zauna tare da abokai a Providence.  

A shekara ta 1853, Christiana da Edward Mitchell Bannister sun haɗu lokacin da ya nemi aikin aski a ɗakin gyaran gashinta na Boston.  Ita da Bannister sun yi aure a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1857. Bannister ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mawakan Baƙar fata mafi nasara saboda tallafin kuɗi da motsin rai na Christiana Carteaux Bannister.  Ya danganta yawancin nasararsa ga Christiana saboda kallonta mai suka da kuma fahimtar kasuwancinta.   A shekara ta 1869, Bannisters ta ƙaura zuwa Providence, Rhode Island, kuma Christiana ta ci gaba da kasuwancinta a matsayin mai gyaran gashi da kuma fafutukarta. 

## Kasuwancin gyaran gashi
A lokacin da take ƙarama, Christiana ta ƙaura daga Rhode Island zuwa Boston inda ta fara aikinta a matsayin mai gyaran wig. An san ta da sana'ar Madame Carteaux, Mai gyaran gashi na mata da kuma mai gyaran wig. Ta kasance 'yar kasuwa mai nasara a harkokin kasuwanci, kuma mai salon "mai gyaran gashi," tana samun kuɗi ta hanyar gyaran gashi da sayar da kayan gyaran gashi nata.  Daga shekarar 1847 zuwa 1871 Christiana Carteaux Bannister ta kula da shaguna da dama a Boston, ciki har da titin Cambridge, Washington, da Winter Streets.  Lokacin da Christiana Carteaux Bannister da Edward Bannister suka ƙaura zuwa Providence, ta buɗe wani salon gyaran gashi a Providence.

## Masu Kisan Kai

A lokacin da suke Boston, Bannisters sun zauna kuma sun yi aiki tare da mai fafutukar kawar da ƙasa Lewis Hayden . Iyalin sun shiga cikin ayyukan Lewis na shimfida layin dogo na ƙarƙashin ƙasa na Boston, da kuma samar da wuraren gyaran gashi a matsayin wuraren taruwa ga 'yan Afirka-Amurka da fararen fata masu goyon bayan kawar da ƙasa . 

## Sauran fafutuka
A lokacin Yaƙin Basasa, Christiana Carteaux Bannister ta kasance mai fafutukar ganin an daidaita albashin sojojin Baƙar fata. A watan Nuwamba na shekarar 1864, ta shirya wani biki da Hukumar Kula da Tsabtace Mata Masu Launi ta Boston ta ɗauki nauyin shiryawa don amfanar rundunonin 'yan Afirka ta Amurka, Massachusetts na 54 da 55 da kuma rundunar sojojin dawaki ta Massachusetts ta 5, waɗanda suka yi aiki na tsawon shekara ɗaya da rabi ba tare da albashi ba maimakon karɓar ƙasa da yadda ake biyan sojojin fararen fata. 

A Providence, ta kafa Gida ga Tsofaffin Mata Masu Launi lokacin da ta ji labarin gwagwarmayar matan Baƙar fata 'yan Amurka waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin masu gida amma sun tsufa da rashin aiki kuma galibi suna zama marasa gida.  Gidan ya ƙaura daga Transit St. zuwa Dodge St. kuma aka sake masa suna Bannister House, Inc. 

## Mutuwa da gado
Duk da nasarar da ta samu a tsawon rayuwarta ta sana'a, Bannister ta mutu da ƙarancin kuɗi a watan Janairun 1903. Duk da cewa an shigar da ita gidan mata masu launin fata a watan Satumba na 1902, rahotanni sun ce Bannister tana da tabin hankali kuma an mayar da ita zuwa wurin mafaka na Howard, in ji Lancaster. Bayan rasuwarta, an binne ta kusa da mijinta, wanda ya mutu a watan Janairun shekara ta 1901 a lokacin wani taron addu'a na coci, ba tare da wata alama ta kabari ba.

Shekaru da yawa bayan rasuwarta, ta fara samun karramawa daga jama'a saboda gudunmawar da ta bayar ga al'umma da tarihin Baƙar fata. An shigar da Bannister cikin Gidan Tarihi na Rhode Island a shekarar 2003, kuma an sanya hotonta na tagulla, wanda aka yi da hoton Edward da aka zana, a Gidan Gwamnatin Rhode Island a watan Disamba na 2002.

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