Shana Alexander

**Shana Alexander** ( Oktoba 6, 1925 - Yuni 23, 2005) 'yar jarida ce 'yar Amurka. Duk da cewa ta zama mace ta farko da ta rubuta ma'aikata kuma marubuciya a mujallar *Life*, an fi saninta da shiga cikin muhawarar "Point-Counterpoint" ta *60 Minutes* a ƙarshen shekarun 1970 tare da James J. Kilpatrick mai ra'ayin mazan jiya.

## Rayuwar farko da aikin jarida
An haifi Alexander **Shana Ager** a ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba, a shekarar 1925, a birnin New York, 'yar marubuciya Cecelia Ager (née Rubenstein) da mawakiyar Tin Pan Alley, Milton Ager, waɗanda suka tsara waƙar " Happy Days Are Here Again ".   Ta yi wahayi zuwa ga shahararriyar waƙarsa " Ain't She Sweet ." Iyalinta Bayahude ne. Alexander ya kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Vassar a shekarar 1945,  ya yi karatunsa a fannin ilimin ɗan adam . Ta faɗa cikin rubutu lokacin da ta ɗauki aikin bazara a matsayin ma'aikacin kwafi a jaridar New York City *PM*, inda mahaifiyarta ke aiki.  Ta yi aiki a matsayin marubuciya mai zaman kanta a mujallu na *Junior Bazaar* da *Mademoiselle* kafin ta zama mai bincike a mujallar *Life* akan $65 a mako a shekarar 1951.  A shekarun 1960 ta rubuta shafi na "The Feminine Eye" for *Life* . 

A shekarar 1962 ta rubuta wani kasida a *Life* mai taken "Sun Yanke Shawara Wanene Yake Rayuwa, Wanene Ya Mutu: Mu'ujizar likitanci ta sanya nauyin ɗabi'a ga ƙaramin kwamiti,"  wanda ya haifar da muhawara ta ƙasa kan rabon albarkatun injin dialysis na koda . Wani kasida *a Life*, game da ƙoƙarin da wata ma'aikaciyar layin kashe kai ta yi na hana mai kira ya kashe kansa, an mayar da ita fim ɗin 1965, *The Slender Thread* .

## ''Minti 60'' da kuma bayan haka
A shekarar 1969 ta zama edita mace ta farko a *McCall's* tun daga shekarar 1921,  amma ta yi murabus a shekarar 1971, tana korafin cewa aiki ne na musamman a cikin yanayin da ake nuna wa mata wariya.  Tana rubuta wani shafi a *Newsweek* a shekarar 1975 lokacin da ta maye gurbin Nicholas von Hoffman a cikin *60 Minutes*, kuma ta yi muhawara kan Kilpatrick na tsawon shekaru huɗu masu zuwa. Ta yi watsi da wannan ɓangaren na aikinta, tana mai cewa a shekarar 1979 cewa kafin hakan "marubuciya ce, marubuciya a mujallar *Life* da kuma *Newsweek* -- hakan ya kai matsayin da za ka iya samu a rubuce-rubucen shafi. Ina damuwa da rubutuna. Ni ba ɗan jarida ne mai son yin rubutu a talabijin ba." 

Duk da haka, muhawarar da Alexander ya yi da Kilpatrick ta yi fice sosai a al'adun Amurka har ta shahara a *ranar Asabar da dare*, inda Jane Curtin ta ɗauki matsayin Alexander a cikin sashin " Sabuntawa na Ƙarshen Mako " wanda ke gaban sigar Dan Aykroyd ta Kilpatrick, tana jayayya kan ɓangarorin biyu na wani batu a labarai. Aykroyd ya buɗe ɓangarensa da layin da yanzu ya shahara, "Jane, ke jahiliyar karuwa."  

Ta kuma rubuta littattafai da dama marasa almara, ciki har da Anybody's Daughter, wani tarihin rayuwar magajiyar da aka sace Patricia Hearst . Littafinta mai suna Nutcracker, game da Frances Schreuder, wata 'yar uwa da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa wadda ta shawo kan ɗanta ya kashe mahaifinta mai kuɗi, an mayar da shi wani ƙaramin shiri na talabijin na 1987. 'Yar wasan kwaikwayo Lee Remick ce ta taka rawar Schreuder.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Alexander ta yi aure kuma ta sake shi sau biyu.  Aurenta na farko, yana da shekaru 19, ya ƙare da sauri. Aurenta na biyu, ga Stephen Alexander, ya ɗauki shekaru 12, kodayake Shana ta bayyana shi a matsayin "mara daɗi."  A watan Fabrairu na shekarar 1987, 'yarta tilo, Katherine Alexander mai shekaru 25, ta kashe kanta. Ta yi tsalle zuwa hawa 31 zuwa mutuwarta daga babban bene na Park Avenue inda take zaune tare da mahaifiyarta a New York.  Tun tana ƙarama, bayan iyayenta sun sake ta, Katherine ta zaɓi zama tare da Stephen Alexander da matarsa. 

## Mutuwa
Shana Alexander ta mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a wani asibiti mai kula da marasa lafiya a Hermosa Beach, California, a ranar 23 ga watan Yuni, a shekarar 2005. Tana da shekaru 79 kuma ta zauna a Manhattan da Wainscott, New York, tsawon shekaru da yawa.  Alexander ya rasu ta hanyar wata 'yar'uwa, Laurel Bentley,  da kuma 'yar'uwarta.

## Littattafai

* *Mace Mai Magana* (1976)
* *<nowiki/>'Yar Kowa* (1979)
* *Kwanaki Masu Farin Ciki: Mahaifiyata, Ubana, 'Yar'uwata &amp;amp; Ni* (1995), tarihin rayuwa
* *Very Much a Lady: Labarin da Ba a Faɗa Ba na Jean Harris da Dr. Herman Tarnower*, Edgar Award, Littafin Mafi Kyawun Laifuka na Gaskiya, (1983)
* *Lokacin da Ta Yi Mummuna* (1991)
* *Nutcracker* (1985)
* *Giwa Mai Ban Mamaki* (2000)
* *Haɗin Pizza: Lauyoyi, Kuɗi, Magunguna, Mafia* (1988).

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