Minnie Bruce Pratt

**Minnie Bruce Pratt** (12 ga Satumba, 1946 - 2 ga Yuli, 2023 ) mawaki ne na Amurka, malami, mai fafutuka, kuma marubuci. Ta yi ritaya a shekarar 2015 daga matsayinta na Farfesa na Rubuce-rubuce da Nazarin Mata a Jami'ar Syracuse inda aka gayyace ta don taimakawa wajen bunkasa shirin karatun LGBT na farko na jami'ar.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Pratt a Selma, Alabama, a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1946, kuma ya girma a Centreville, Alabama . Iyayenta sune Virginia Brown Pratt, ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa, da William Luther Pratt Jr., magatakarda. Ta kammala karatu tare da BA daga Jami'ar Alabama (1968) kuma ta sami PhD a cikin wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi daga Jami'an North Carolina a Chapel Hill (1979). 

## Ayyukan sana'a
A shekara ta 1977, Pratt ya taimaka wajen gano WomanWrites, taron marubutan mata na kudu maso gabashin. Yayinda take halartar Jami'ar North Carolina a 1978, ta shiga Feminary, ƙungiyar rubuce-rubucen mata ta kudancin da ke zaune a Chapel Hill da Durham, North Carolina . 

A shekara ta 1984, ta kafa LIPS, ƙungiyar 'yan mata ta Washington, DC. A matsayin aikin jama'a na karshe na kungiyar, sun shiga cikin rashin biyayya ga farar hula a zanga-zangar 1987 na *Bowers v. Hardwick* sodomy dokar da Kotun Koli ta Amurka ta yanke, ta zama rukuni na farko da aka kama a wannan zanga-zambe. Hadin gwiwarta na siyasa sun hada da Cibiyar Ayyuka ta Duniya, Cibiyar Yaki da Mata ta Kasa, da Ƙungiyar Marubutan Kasa; ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin manajan edita na jaridar Workers World Party . 

Rubutun Pratt na 1984 mai taken "Identity: Skin Blood Heart" wanda aka buga a cikin tarihin Yours in Struggle misali ne na farko da na musamman na bincike na tsinkaye, musamman sananne saboda Pratt ta rubuta game da wariyar launin fata daga hangen nesa a matsayin farar mata, a lokacin da 'yan mata kalilan ke magana da wariyar jinsi. Julie Enszer (2023) ta rubuta: "Wannan rubutun ya shahara sosai a cikin nazarin mata... Karatun wannan rubutun na farko na Pratt, na sami yawancin alamun aikin Pratt: zurfin sadaukarwa ga mata a matsayin aikin da aka yi wa jama'a don magance rashin daidaito ta hanyar kulawa da rayuwar mutane. "

Ta wallafa tarin shayari da *S/Yana*, ciki har da S / HE (1995), tunani game da sauyin jinsi da ainihi, da kuma Inside the Money Machine (2011), wanda ke sukar jari-hujja da zalunci na tattalin arziki. Waƙoƙinta galibi suna haɗuwa da kyawawan waƙoƙi tare da gaggawa na siyasa, suna mai da ita murya a cikin mata na zamani da wallafe-wallafen LGBTQ + . A cikin 2022, Pratt ta fitar da Magnified, tarin shayari da aka haifa daga asarar abokin tarayya na dogon lokaci, Leslie Feinberg, mai fafutukar 'yan mata da kuma mai juyin juya halin kwaminisanci.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Pratt ta raba lokacinta tsakanin Syracuse, New York da Centreville, Alabama . Ta kasance gwauruwa marubuciya mai fafutuka Leslie Feinberg, wacce ta mutu a watan Nuwamba 2014 tana da shekaru 65.  Feinberg da Pratt sun yi aure a New York da Massachusetts a shekara ta 2011 . 

Pratt tana da 'ya'ya maza biyu, Ben da Ransom Weaver, daga auren da ya gabata ga mawaki Marvin E. Weaver II, wanda ya fara yayin da take halartar kwaleji. A shekara ta 1975, Pratt da mijinta sun sake aure a Fayetteville, North Carolina .  Ta rasa kula da 'ya'yanta saboda jihar ta aikata laifin yin luwadi a lokacin.

Yaran Pratt, Ben da Ransom Weaver, sun sanar a watan Yunin 2023 cewa an gano Pratt da "matsalar kiwon lafiya mai tsanani" kuma yana karɓar kulawa. Ta mutu a Syracuse, New York, a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 2023, tana da shekaru 76. Labarin mutuwarta na New York Times ya bayyana cewa ta sha wahala daga glioblastoma

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