Kate Waller Barrett

**Kate Waller Barrett** (Janairu 24, 1857 - Fabrairu 23, 1925), wacce aka haifa a matsayin **Katherine Harwood Waller**, fitacciyar likita ce a Virginia, mai ba da agaji, mai ba da agaji, masanin zamantakewa da kuma mai kawo sauyi a zamantakewa, wacce aka fi sani da jagorancinta na National Florence Crittenton Mission, wanda ta kafa a 1895 tare da Charles Nelson Crittenton . Dalilanta sun haɗa da taimaka wa "macen da aka kora, fursunan da aka zalunta, waɗanda ba su da damar ilimi da zamantakewa, mace marar kaɗa ƙuri'a, da kuma tsohuwar jarumar yaƙi ta nakasassu."  Kodayake ba a san ta sosai ba a yau, "[ɗaya] daga cikin fitattun mata a zamaninta". 

## Biography
An haifi Barrett Katherine Harwood Waller a gidan tarihi na danginta, Clifton, da ke Widewater, Virginia, ga Ann Eliza Stribbling Waller da Withers Waller a ranar 24 ga Janairu, 1857. Iyalinta suna da bayi a manyan gonaki da dama, kuma an "ba wa" Kate matashiya 'yar wasa biyu baƙaƙe masu suna Jane da Lucy kyautar ranar haihuwa a ranar haihuwarta ta shida daga kakarta. Daga baya ta yi nadama da waɗannan yanayi, Barrett ta ce "Na ɗauke su a matsayin nawa ta hanyar 'da'awar Allah' kuma da yawa daga cikinsu sun zama darussan zalunci da rashin godiya ga haƙƙin wasu da aka haifa mini."   

Katherine Waller ta halarci Cibiyar 'Yan Mata ta Arlington da ke Alexandria, Virginia, bayan Yaƙin Basasa. A ranar 19 ga Yuli, 1876, ta auri Robert South Barrett (1851–1896), wani matashin limamin cocin Bishop wanda ba a makarantar sakandare ba, wanda aka tura shi kwanan nan zuwa Cocin Aquia da ke kusa.   Yayin da take tafiya tare da mijinta da kuma taimaka masa da aikinsa a Virginia, Kentucky da Georgia, ta fara ganin matsalolin zamantakewa waɗanda za su zama abin ƙarfafa aikinta na rayuwa. 

Musamman ma, jim kaɗan bayan da aka haifi Robert South Barrett, Jr., ɗan fari cikin 'ya'yansu shida, a Richmond, Virginia, wata matashiya mara aure da ɗanta ta roƙi taimako a ƙofar gidansu. 'Yan Barretts sun ba wa yarinyar abinci kuma suka saurara yayin da take ba da labarin cewa wani mutum da ya yi alƙawarin aure ya yashe ta. Barrett ta fahimci kamanceceniya tsakaninta da yarinyar, kuma ta kammala da cewa sa'a ce kawai ta raba ta da yarinyar a gidanta; ɗaya daga cikinsu ta kamu da soyayya da wani "nagari" ɗaya kuma da "mugun". Bugu da ƙari, daga abubuwan da ta fuskanta a matsayin mai riƙe bayi da kuma dokokin Jim Crow, Barrett ta kuma fahimci yadda ruhohi za su iya karya ta hanyar lalacewa.  Da ta yi matuƙar sha'awar sabuwar alaƙarta da wannan matar "mai faɗuwa", ta yi alƙawarin, "Da ikon Allah wanda ke mulkin Duniya, zan yi rayuwata ina ƙoƙarin share wasu rashin daidaito da aka yi wa 'yan'uwana mata waɗanda ba su da ƙarfin taimaka wa kansu."  

## Likita, uwa, bazawara
Lokacin da aka tura Rev. Barrett zuwa Atlanta a shekarar 1886, Katherine Barrett, tare da ƙarfafa gwiwarsa, ta nemi digirin likitanci, yayin da ta kuma kafa abin da ya zama mafakarta ta farko ga uwaye marasa aure. Kwalejin Likitancin Mata ta Georgia ta ba Barrett digirin MD a shekarar 1892 da digirin likita na kimiyya a shekarar 1894. Barrett ba ta taɓa niyyar yin aiki a matsayin likita ba, amma tana son ƙarfafa amincinta: "ta fahimci cewa 'MD' ɗin da ke bayan sunanta ya ba ta nauyi ga ra'ayoyinta." 

Yayin da yake samun waɗannan digirin kuma yana aiki a kan ayyukan agaji da yawa, Barrett ya kuma renon yara shida, tare da taimakon wata mai kula da yara baƙar fata . Lafiyar mijinta, wacce ba ta da ƙarfi, ta fara raguwa, kuma suka koma yankin Alexandria yayin da aka tura shi aiki a Washington, DC, daga baya kuma suka yi tafiya zuwa Turai don neman magani. Don haka, Barrett ya kuma yi karatun aikin jinya a Makarantar Horarwa ta Florence Nightingale da ke Landan, Ingila. Duk da haka, Rev. Barrett ya mutu a shekarar 1896, inda ya bar bazawarsa mai shekaru 39 da yara ƙanana shida.

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