Isabella Ford

**Isabella Ormston Ford** (23 ga watan Mayu 1855 - 14 ga Yulin 1924) ta kasance mai gyara zamantakewar al'umma ta Ingila, mai tsattsauran ra'ayi kuma marubuciya. Ta zama mai magana da jama'a kuma ta rubuta takardu kan batutuwan da suka shafi zamantakewar al'umma, mata da hakkin ma'aikata. Bayan ya damu da hakkin ma'aikatan mata tun yana karami, Ford ya shiga cikin Kungiyar kwadago a cikin shekarun 1880. Wani memba na Majalisar Gudanarwa ta Kasa ta Jam'iyyar Labour mai zaman kanta, ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi magana a taron Kwamitin Wakilin Labour (wanda ya zama Jam'iyyar Labor ta Burtaniya).

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Isabella Ford a ranar 23 ga watan Mayu shekarar alif dari takwas da hamsin da biyar 1855 a Headingley, Leeds, a arewacin Ingila. Ita ce ƙarama cikin 'ya'ya takwas na Quakers Robert Lawson Ford da Hannah (née Pease).  Mahaifiyarta dan uwan Elizabeth Pease Nichol ne kuma mahaifinta lauya ne kuma mai mallakar ƙasa. Ford da 'yan uwanta mata ne suka koya musu a gida, suna koyon batutuwa iri-iri kuma suna iya magana da Faransanci da Jamusanci. Iyayenta sun ba da kuɗin makarantar dare ga 'yan mata a East End na Leeds, inda ta fara aiki lokacin da take da shekaru 16.   Saduwa da waɗannan 'yan mata sun ba Ford da' yan uwanta mata haske game da bambance-bambance na aji da kuma sha'awar yanayin aiki. A lokacin da take da shekaru 12 kawai, ta yi rantsuwa ga abokiyar cewa za ta " inganta yanayin duniya".

## Yunkurin fafutuka
Biye da misalin iyayenta masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, Isabella ta yi kamfen don dalilai da yawa a rayuwarta.

### Kungiyoyin kwadago
A cikin shekarun 1880, Ford ya shiga cikin Kungiyoyin kwadago. Ta yi aiki tare da masu gyaran tufafi waɗanda ke kamfen don inganta yanayin aiki; ta taimaka musu su kafa ƙungiyar kwadago kuma ta shiga lokacin da suka shiga yajin aiki a 1889. A cikin 1890-91, ta yi tafiya tare da ma'aikata daga Manningham Mills a Bradford . A sakamakon sa hannun ta, an zabe ta a matsayin memba na rayuwar Leeds Trades and Labour Council . 

### Jam'iyyar Labour mai zaman kanta
Ford ya taimaka wajen gano jam'iyyar Leeds Independent Labour Party (ILP) kuma ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Leeds Tailoresses' Union .  Damuwarta ita ce kungiyar kwadago, kwaminisanci da 'yancin mata. Ta shawo kan jin kunya ta halitta don zama ƙwararren mai magana da jama'a, tana magana a tarurruka da yawa da suka shafi zamantakewa, haƙƙin ma'aikata da 'yancin mata. Ta rubuta litattafai da yawa, da kuma wani shafi a cikin Leeds Forward . A shekara ta 1895 an zabe ta a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Adel cum Eccup a Leeds . 

A cikin shekarun 1900, Ford ta kara mayar da hankali kan aikinta na ILP, kuma an zabe ta a Majalisar Gudanarwa ta Kasa na tsawon shekaru hudu. Ta kara shiga cikin yunkurin mata na kasa, amma ta ji cewa mata da yunkurin ma'aikata suna da mahimmanci. A shekara ta 1903 ta yi magana a taron shekara-shekara na Kwamitin Wakilin Kwadago (daga baya Jam'iyyar Kwadago ta Burtaniya), kuma ita ce mace ta farko da ta yi hakan. Kwarewar harshe ta Ford ta ba ta damar yin aiki a matsayin mai fassara a taron ma'aikata na kasa da kasa. An kuma nemi ta tsaya takarar majalisar dokoki kuma an ba da shawarar ta a matsayin dan takarar Lady Lord Mayor na Leeds, amma ta ki yin hakan.

### Hakkin dabbobi
Ford ya goyi bayan Hakkin dabbobi kuma Mai cin ganyayyaki ne. Ta kasance mai adawa da vivisectionist kuma ta kasance Shugabar Leeds RSPCA .  A shekara ta 1896, Ford ya sanya hannu kan takardar neman izinin Humanitarian League game da vivisection.

### Hakkin mata na jefa kuri'a
Bayan muhawara ta 1904 tare da 'yar siyasa ta gaba Margaret Bondfield, Sylvia Pankhurst ta bayyana Ford a matsayin "mace mai sauƙi, mai matsakaicin shekaru, tare da jan fuska da hat din da aka murkushe a kan gashin kanta madaidaiciya, wanda yanayin sa duk da haka ya zama kamar ni ... ya fi alheri kuma ya fi zurfi fiye da na matashi mai adawa da shi".

### Rashin amincewa da zaman lafiya
Farkawar Yaƙin Duniya na farko ya ga Ford ta sake mayar da hankalinta kan kamfen don zaman lafiya. Ta taimaka wajen shirya taron zaman lafiya na mata a ranar 4 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1914 (ranar da Burtaniya ta shiga yakin) a Kingsway Hall,  kuma a Leeds ta kafa reshe na Kungiyar Mata ta Duniya da Kungiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Mata. 

## Rayuwa ta msamman
Ford ya kafa abota da ɗan siyasan Labour Philip Snowden, marubuci Ethel Snowden, ɗan littafin gurguzu Edward Carpenter, mawaki Walt Whitman, Josephine Butler, Millicent Fawcett da Olive Schreiner .  Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata uku a kwamitin farko na Leeds Arts Club . 

Isabella ta damu da jin daɗin dabbobi kuma mai cin ganyayyaki ne. Ta kuma kasance ƙwararriyar pianist kuma ta taimaka wa 'yar'uwarta Bessie don gudanar da kide-kide kyauta na kiɗa na gargajiya ga masu aiki a Leeds . 

Ta rayu mafi yawan rayuwarta tare da 'yan uwanta mata Bessie da Emily a Adel Grange, gidan Leeds wanda iyalin suka koma lokacin da take da shekaru 10. Isabella da Bessie suma suna da ɗaki a Landan inda za su zauna lokacin da suke cikin birni.[1] Bessie Ford ta mutu a shekara ta 1919 kuma 'yan uwanta mata suka koma wani karamin dukiya da ake kira Adel Willows a shekara ta 1922. Isabella Ford ta mutu a ranar 14 ga watan Yulin 1924 bayan rashin lafiya na watanni da yawa kuma an binne ta a wurin binnewar Quaker kusa da gidanta a Adel.[2]

## Sanarwar bayan mutuwarsa

Sunan Ford da hotonsa, da na wasu magoya bayan mata 58, an zana su a kan maɓallin mutum-mutumi na Millicent Fawcett a filin majalisa, London wanda aka bayyana a cikin 2018.

A ranar 5 ga Mayu 2024, an ba da sanarwar cewa Ford za ta zana sunanta a kan sabon siffar ƙarfe ta Ribbons a tsakiyar birnin Leeds. Pippa Hale ne ya tsara shi, siffar za ta yi bikin mata 348 da suka gabata da na yanzu waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa ga birnin kamar yadda jama'a suka zaɓa.

## Ayyuka

* *Miss Blake na Monkshalton* (1890) 
* *A Ƙofar* (1895) 
* *Mista Elliott* (1901) 
* *Rubuce-rubucen Asirin Ciara Loughlin*

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