Mimi Alford

**Marion Fay** " **Mimi** " **Alford** (née **Beardsley** ; an haife ta a ranar 7 ga Mayu, 1943) mace ce 'yar Amurka wacce ta yi soyayya da Shugaba John F. Kennedy yayin da take aiki a matsayin mai horar da 'yan jarida a ofishin manema labarai na Fadar White House tsakanin 1962 da 1963.

Duk da cewa soyayyar ta mamaye rayuwarta a lokacin, Alford ta sami damar ɓoye sirrin shari'o'in haramtacciyar har tsawon shekaru 40, har sai da aka fallasa wasu bayanai a shekarar 2003. Alford ta buga littafinta game da soyayyar, *Once Upon a Secret*, a shekarar 2011. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Marion Fay Beardsley a birnin New York, kuma ta girma a Middletown Township, New Jersey . Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Miss Porter da ke Connecticut. A lokacin da take aiki a matsayin edita a jaridar makarantar sakandare, *Salmagundy*, ta rubuta wa Fadar White House wasika ta nemi a yi mata hira da Jacqueline Kennedy, wacce ita kanta edita ce a *Salmagundy* a Makarantar Miss Porter. Mrs. Kennedy ba ta iya sanya taro a cikin jadawalinta ba, amma sakatariyar zamantakewarta, Letitia Baldrige, wacce kuma tsohuwar daliba ce a Miss Porter, ta gayyaci Beardsley da ta zo Fadar White House ta yi mata hira game da Mrs. Kennedy. Ta gana da Shugaba Kennedy na ɗan lokaci a wannan ziyarar.  

A shekarar farko ta Beardsley a Kwalejin Wheaton, Fadar White House ta ba ta damar samun aiki a matsayin mai horar da 'yan jarida na lokacin bazara a ofishin manema labarai na Fadar White House; ta yarda ta fara aikin horar da 'yan jarida a shekarar 1962. An nemi ta sake zuwa lokacin bazara mai zuwa kuma ta ziyarci Fadar White House a tsakanin.  

## Zargin da ake yi wa ɗalibi a Fadar White House da kuma Kennedy
A rana ta huɗu a ofishin manema labarai na Fadar White House, mataimaki na musamman na Shugaba Kennedy, Dave Powers, ta tambayi Beardsley ko tana son shiga wata ƙungiya a wurin wanka na gidan, inda abin mamaki, Shugaba Kennedy ya haɗu da su. An nemi ta shiga wani liyafa na hadaddiyar giya a gidan a daren ranar, kuma Shugaban ya ba ta damar ziyartar gidan. Bayan Kennedy ya jagorance ta zuwa ɗakin kwanan Jackie mai launin shuɗi, ita da Kennedy sun yi jima'i, wanda shine karo na farko da Beardsley ya yi jima'i. 

Lamarin ya ɗauki tsawon watanni 18, a lokacin da Beardsley, wanda har yanzu ɗalibi ne a Wheaton, ya haɗu da Tony Fahnestock, ɗalibi a Williams, kuma suka yi aure. Lamarin da ke tsakaninta da Shugaban ya fara sanyi kuma wani lokacin yana wulaƙanta ta.   Matsi na rayuwarta biyu ya sa ta bar jami'a bayan shekararta ta biyu.  Alford ta ce ita da Shugaban ba su yi jima'i ba bayan watan Agusta na 1963 lokacin da ɗan JFK Patrick ya mutu, duk da cewa ta ci gaba da riƙe muƙaminta a Fadar White House.  Ta yi takaicin an kore ta daga tafiyar zuwa Dallas, Texas tare da Kennedy a watan Nuwamba na 1963, amma Jacqueline ta yanke shawarar zuwa can tare da shi.  A karo na ƙarshe da ta ga Kennedy, a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 1963, ya ba ta kuɗin dala $300 a matsayin kyautar aure kuma ya nemi ta sayi "wani abu mai ban mamaki" don ta saka, "sannan ta dawo ta nuna min." Ta sayi suturar launin toka.  

## Rayuwa daga baya
Sa'o'i da dama bayan an kashe Kennedy, Beardsley ya karya yarjejeniyar kuma ya furta soyayyarsa ga saurayinta Tony Fahnestock. Duk da cewa ya ji rauni sosai kuma ya fusata, sun yi aure bisa ga lokaci, a watan Janairun 1964.  Auren ya haifi 'ya'ya mata biyu kuma ya ƙare da saki a shekarar 1990.  Fahnestock ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansa shekaru uku bayan rabuwar, yana da shekaru 52.  Beardsley ya koma kwaleji ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1994.  Ta auri Richard Alford, wani babban jami'in tallan wasanni tare da IMG, a shekarar 2005.   Alford kaka ce kuma mai kula da cocin birnin New York mai ritaya.  

## Bayyanar al'amari
A shekara ta 2002, yayin da masanin tarihi Robert Dallek ke bincike kan tarihin rayuwarsa *An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963*, ya ci karo da wata hira ta 1964 da mataimakiyar manema labarai ta Kennedy Barbara Gamarekian a cikin Laburaren Shugaban Kasa na JFK . Hirar ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin maki da Laburaren ya tattara a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin tarihin baki,  wanda ya bayyana, ta hanyar zagaye, abubuwan da Kennedy ya yi da wani ɗalibi mai suna Mimi wanda " *ba zai iya rubutu ba* " (shafi na 24 na hirar), wanda " *ba shi da ƙwarewa* " (shafi na 24 na hirar), " *wanda a bayyane yake ba zai iya yin wani aiki ba kwata-kwata* " (shafi na 25 na hirar) da wasu waɗanda ke aiki a ofishin manema labarai, amma " *a bayyane take tana da *'irin wannan dangantaka ta musamman da Shugaban ƙasa*' . Ban san menene ba* " (shafi na 17 na hirar).   

Bisa buƙatar Gamarekian a shekarar 1964, an rufe wannan ɓangaren hirarta har abada, amma Dallek ya shawo kanta ta buɗe shi don ya haɗa a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa ambaton wani "dogon mutum, siriri, kyakkyawa" daga cikin masu aikin ɗalibi a Fadar White House ta Kennedy, a cikin hujjarsa ta cewa Kennedy ba shi da wata damuwa daga aiki sakamakon matsalolin lafiya ko mata.   Wani mai adana tarihin ɗakin karatu na JFK ya fallasa ɓangaren da ba a rufe ba a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 2003, kwanaki shida kafin ranar buga Dallek.  

Masu aiko da rahotanni sun yi gaggawar gano wanda ake zargin, kuma a ranar 13 ga Mayu, jaridar *New York Daily News* ta buga wani labari a shafin farko, "Nishaɗi da Wasanni tare da Mimi a Fadar White House", don fallasa shi, "JFK tana da Monica ". Mimi Fahnestock ta tabbatar da lamarin a cikin wata sanarwa, amma ba ta yi wani karin bayani ba a lokacin. 

Daga baya lokacin da aka buga "Once Upon a Secret", Mimi ta rubuta cewa ba wai kawai ta ci karo da hirar da Barbara Gamarekian ta yi da baki a ɗakin karatu na JFK ba, har ma da hirar da Christine Camp ta yi da baki, musamman ma wacce aka yi a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, 1969 ta ambaci Mimi Alford ba tare da ta ambaci sunanta ba, amma wasu kalmomi sun yi kama da na Barbara Gamarekian---

## ''Sirri Da Ya Daɗe Akan Lokaci''
Bayan da manema labarai suka yi ta mayar da hankali kan abin da ya faru a shekarar 2003, Alford ta ji ya kamata ta yi ƙoƙarin mallakar labarin rayuwarta, kuma ta fara rubutu da ƙarfafa gwiwar mijinta.   Wani babban edita a Random House ya duba shafuka kusan 20 kuma ya sami haƙƙin "kusan mutane bakwai" a shekarar 2009.  Asalin littafin an yi masa taken *My Hidden Affair tare da John F. Kennedy*, an buga littafin Alford a watan Afrilun 2011 ta Hutchinson Radius,  wani bugu na Penguin Random House Group, kuma an tallata shi a matsayin "labarin cikar shekaru na mace".  A cewar jaridar *[[New York Times]] ,* "Ms. Alford ta yi iƙirarin cewa ta wanke gaba ɗaya daga laifi, baƙin ciki da kaya ta hanyar tsarkakewa na amincewa da kurakuran da suka gabata. Kuma ta bayyana sabon aure mai farin ciki." 

*Once Upon a Secret* ya shafe makonni da dama a jerin Best Sales na ,  jerin Best Sales na NPR Nonfiction,  da kuma jerin Best Sales na *[[Los Angeles Times]]* . 

A wata hira da Ann Curry a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 2012, Alford ta bayyana cewa a lokacin ba ta ji laifi ba game da gaskiyar cewa Shugaban kasar ya yi aure, kodayake a baya, "Ina jin laifi ne saboda rashin jin laifi game da Mrs. Kennedy."

A wata hira da ta yi da mujallar *People,* ta ce, "idan ina da shekaru 19... da na sake yin hakan—yana da wuya a ce ba zan yi ba." 

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