Mary Morton Kehew

**Mary Morton Kehew** (8 ga Satumba, 1859 - 13 ga Fabrairu, 1918) ta kasance 'yar Amurka mai kawo sauyi a fannin kwadago da zamantakewa. Ta kasance shugabar ƙungiyar mata ta ilimi da masana'antu, mai kula da Kwalejin Simmons, kuma shugabar farko ta ƙungiyar mata ta kwadago ta ƙasa . Ta kuma kasance mai himma a cikin ƙungiyar mata ta zaɓe, kuma a madadin makafi.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Kehew Mary Morton Kimball a Boston, Massachusetts, a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 1859. Ita ce ta huɗu cikin 'ya'ya takwas na Moses Day Kimball, ma'aikacin banki, da Susan Tillinghast Kimball (née Morton). Kakanta na wajen uwa shi ne tsohon gwamnan Massachusetts Marcus Morton . Tana da ilimi na sirri a Boston da kuma Turai. A ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1880, ta auri William Brown Kehew, wani attajiri mai sayar da mai. Ma'auratan ba su da 'ya'ya. 

## Sana'a
Like many Boston Brahmin women, Kehew spent much of her time volunteering. Rather than focusing on charity work, however, she used her social position and political connections on behalf of working class women. Quiet and self-effacing, she preferred to work behind the scenes, lobbying legislators and soliciting donations from her wealthy friends.

A shekara ta 1886, Kehew ta shiga ƙungiyar ilimi da masana'antu ta mata (WEIU), wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da ta sadaukar da kanta don inganta yanayin aiki ga mata. Ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar WEIU daga 1892 zuwa 1913 kuma a matsayin shugabar kwamitin gwamnatinta daga 1914 zuwa 1918. [1] A ƙarƙashin jagorancinta, an sauya WEIU daga ƙungiyar agaji zuwa ƙungiyar da ta mai da hankali kan ilmantarwa da tsara ma'aikata mata. Tana ba da shawarwari na shari'a, ba da shawara, azuzuwan ilimi, da horar da sana'o'i. Kwalejin Simmons ta ɗauki wasu daga cikin horon sana'o'in WEIU lokacin da aka kafa ta a 1902; Kehew tana cikin kwamitin amintattu na farko na kwalejin. [1] A shekara ta 1905 ta kafa sashen bincike na WEIU, wanda ke gudanar da nazarin kididdiga kan rayuwar mata masu aiki. An yi amfani da wannan binciken don tallafawa shawarwarin dokoki da suka shafi ba da lamuni, fansho, tsafta, da mafi ƙarancin albashi, kuma daga ƙarshe ya haifar da ƙirƙirar Ma'aikatar Aiki da Masana'antu ta Massachusetts. [1]

A shekara ta 1894, tare da Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, Kehew ya kafa ƙungiyar Union for Industrial Progress, wani mataimaki na WEIU wanda ya mayar da hankali kan ƙungiyar kwadago ga mata.  Tsakanin 1896 da 1901, ƙungiyar ta shirya ƙungiyoyin kwadago don kare muradun ma'aikatan wanki, masu ɗaure littattafai, da ma'aikata a masana'antar taba da tufafi. 

A shekarar 1903 ta zama shugabar farko ta ƙungiyar mata ta kwadago ta ƙasa, ƙungiyar da ke goyon bayan ƙungiyar ma'aikata kuma ta yi ƙoƙarin kawar da yanayin da mata ke fuskanta na rashin samun isasshen abinci. 

Ta yi aiki a kwamitocin majalisa da dama, tana binciken yanayin aiki a Massachusetts, kuma ta ba da tallafi na kuɗi da sauran tallafi ga ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na gyaran zamantakewa, ciki har da Ƙungiyar Tsaftace Madara da Jarirai, Cibiyar Kula da Yara ta Tyler Street, da Denison House .  Ta kasance mai himma a cikin ƙungiyar mata ta zaɓen 'yan takara, ta yi aiki a madadin makafi, kuma ta yi aiki a kwamitin zartarwa na Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Yara ta Massachusetts. 

## Manazarta