Ann Bedsole

**Ann Smith Bedsole** (an haife ta **Margaret Anna Smith** ; Janairu 7, 1930 - Disamba 1, 2025) 'yar siyasa ce ta Amurka, 'yar kasuwa, mai fafutukar kare hakkin al'umma kuma mai taimakon jama'a. Ita ce mace ta farko 'yar Republican da ta yi aiki a Majalisar Wakilai ta Alabama kuma mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a Majalisar Dattawan Alabama . A shekarar 2002, an shigar da ita cikin Kwalejin Daraja ta Alabama .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Margaret Anna Smith a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1930, a Selma, Alabama, ga Malcolm White Smith da Sybil Huey Smith.  Tana da 'yar'uwa ɗaya.  Lokacin da take 'yar shekara biyar, mahaifinta ya ƙaura da iyalinsa zuwa Jackson, Alabama inda ya sayi injin yanka katako ; ta ci gaba da aiki a can tun tana ƙarama.  Ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Waynesboro da ke Waynesboro, Virginia, daga baya ta halarci Jami'ar Alabama da Jami'ar Denver .  

## Aikin siyasa
A lokacin zaɓen fidda gwani na shugaban ƙasa na jam'iyyar Republican na 1964, Smith ta yi aiki a matsayin wakili a Babban Taron Ƙasa na Jam'iyyar Republican .  Ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Zartarwa na Jam'iyyar Republican na Jihar Alabama a 1966.  A lokacin zaɓen fidda gwani na shugaban ƙasa na jam'iyyar Republican na 1972, ta yi aiki a matsayin wakili a Babban Taron Ƙasa na Jam'iyyar Republican, mataimakiyar shugabar tawagar Alabama zuwa Babban Taron Ƙasa na Jam'iyyar Republican, kuma a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin masu zaɓen shugaban ƙasa biyu na jam'iyyar Republican tare da Wakilin Jiha Doug Hale .     Daga baya Smith ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Jam'iyyar Republican a Ward na 4 a Mobile, Alabama . 

### Majalisar dokokin jihar Alabama

A shekarar 1978, Sonny Callahan, ɗan Majalisar Wakilai ta Alabama daga gundumar 101, ya sanar da cewa zai nemi takarar Sanata a Alabama .  Bedsole ya sami takarar Republican kuma ya kayar da ɗan takarar Democrat Jim Johnston a babban zaɓe, inda ya zama mace ta farko 'yar Republican a Majalisar Wakilai ta Alabama. 

A shekarar 1982, Callahan, ɗan majalisar dattawan Alabama daga gundumar 34, ya bar kujerarsa. Bedsole ya yi takarar neman kujerarsa tare da ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Republican kuma ya kayar da ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat John Saad a babban zaɓe, inda ya zama mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a Majalisar Dattawan Alabama.   A karon farko da ta yi a zaɓen sake zaɓen Majalisar Dattawa, ta buga fosta na kamfen waɗanda suka haɗa da jadawalin lokacin farautar jihar a baya.  An sake zaɓenta a Majalisar Dattawan Alabama sau uku kuma ta yi aiki har zuwa 1995. 

An naɗa Bedsole don ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Ilimi a Majalisar Dattawan Alabama a shekarar 1983.  An naɗa ta don ta yi aiki a kwamitocin Shari'a, Ilimi, da Lafiya, kuma a matsayin shugabar kwamitin Noma, Kiyayewa da Gandun Daji a shekarar 1987. 

### Yaƙin neman zaɓen gwamna
A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1993, Bedsole ta sanar da cewa za ta nemi takarar jam'iyyar Republican a matsayin Gwamnan Alabama a shekarar 1994.   Ta zabi Rex Elsasse, tsohon darektan zartarwa na Jam'iyyar Republican ta Ohio, don ya zama manajan yakin neman zabenta.  Ta zo ta biyu a zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Republican, amma Fob James ya kayar da ita a zagaye na biyu na zaben fidda gwani.  

A lokacin zaɓen gwamna na Alabama na 1998, Bedsole ta goyi bayan ɗan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat Don Siegelman a kan Gwamna Fob James.  A shekarar 2005, ta yi takarar magajin garin Mobile ba tare da ta yi nasara ba. 

## Sauran ayyuka

A ƙarshen shekarun 1980, Bedsole tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Makarantar Lissafi da Kimiyya ta Alabama, wadda majalisar dokokin jihar Alabama ta amince da ita a shekarar 1989.   Daga baya makarantar ta ƙara ɗakin karatu mai suna don girmama ta.   Wannan cibiyar ta kasance "makarantar sakandare ta gwamnati kaɗai ga ɗaliban aji biyu, na aji huɗu, da na gaba da ke neman ƙarin ilimi a fannin lissafi, kimiyya, da kuma ilimin ɗan adam" a jihar. 

Bedsole ya kuma kafa Bedsole Farms a Perdue Hill a shekarar 2008. 

## Membobi da ƙungiyoyi
Bedsole ta shiga cikin shirye-shiryen ilimi da na agaji da dama. Ta yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na Makarantar Lissafi da Kimiyya ta Alabama a matsayin shugaba da mataimakiyar shugaba. Ta kasance amintaccen Kwaleji ta Spring Hill da Kwalejin Huntingdon . Ta jagoranci kwamitin rarrabawa na Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust (wanda daga baya aka sake masa suna Sybil da White Smith Foundation), kuma ta kasance memba na kwamitin JL Bedsole Foundation, wacce ke ba da tallafi ga ayyukan da ke amfanar da ilimin bayan sakandare, fasaha, da ci gaban tattalin arziki a kudu maso yammacin Alabama. 

Bedsole ta kuma sadaukar da kanta wajen tallata tarihin gida, kiyayewa, da kiyayewa. Ta kafa Mobile Historic Home Tours kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin memba na Hukumar Tarihi ta Alabama, Hukumar Ci Gaban Tarihi ta Mobile, da Kwamitin Hasken Haske na Mobile Bay.  A shekarar 1999, ta zama shugabar Mobile Tricentennial, tana aiki na tsawon shekaru uku tare da ɗaruruwan masu sa kai don samar da shirye-shirye don taron.  Bugu da ƙari, ita ce ta kafa kuma shugabar Cibiyar Albarkatun Daji ta Alabama. 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
A shekarar 1949, ta auri John Henry ("Rod") Martin, Jr. kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Mary da John Henry III. A shekarar 1958, ta auri Massey Palmer Bedsole Jr., wacce ta haifi ɗa ɗaya da ita, Loraine Massey Demmas Bedsole. Bedsole Jr. ta rasu a shekarar 2006.  A shekarar 2014, ta sake auri Nicholas Hanson Holmes Jr., wanda ya mutu a shekarar 2016.

Bedsole ta kasance ƴar Methodist kuma memba ce a ƙungiyar Junior League .  An yi mata bikin cika shekaru 90 a duniya daga ɗaliban Makarantar Lissafi da Kimiyya ta Alabama a watan Janairun 2020. 

Bedsole ya mutu a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 2025, yana da shekaru 95. 

## Lambobin yabo da girmamawa
An karrama Bedsole saboda kasuwancinta da ayyukanta na agaji ta hanyar sanya mata suna Uwargidan Shugaban Kasa ta Mobile a shekarar 1972, Mobilian na Shekara a shekarar 1993, da kuma mai taimakon jama'a na Shekara a shekarar 1998.  Ta sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa daga *Montgomery Advertiser* da *Alabama Journal* .  A shekarar 2002, an shigar da ita cikin Kwalejin Daraja ta Alabama, wacce ke karrama mutane masu rai saboda nasarorin da suka samu da gudummawar da suka bayar ga jihar.  Ta kuma sami digirin girmamawa na Doctor of Law daga Kwalejin Spring Hill da Kwalejin Huntingdon. 

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