Gwen Robinson Awsumb

**Gwen Robinson Awsumb** (25 Satumba 1915 - 16 Janairu 2003) 'yar siyasar Amurka ce kuma mai fafutukar zamantakewa. A shekara ta 1967, ta zama mace ta farko da aka zaba a majalisar birni a Memphis, Tennessee, Amurka. Kyautarta ita ce ta kalubalanci "tsakanin siyasa, zamantakewa, da launin fata tare da matsayinta na fari, mace Jamhuriyar Republican" a Kudu. A lokacin Yajin aikin tsabtace muhalli na Memphis a shekarar 1968 ta zama fitacciyar mutum a cikin gida.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Gwendolyn Van Court Robinson a ranar 25 ga Satumba, 1915, a Marshall, Michigan ga iyayenta Catherine VanCourt (Pritchartt) Robinson da Carl Arnold Robinson. Mahaifinta lauya ne kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan Democrat a majalisar dokokin jihar Michigan na tsawon shekaru 15. Iyalan sun ƙaura zuwa Chicago sannan zuwa Arewacin Florida a lokacin da ake cikin mawuyacin hali na Babban Mawuyacin Hali, kafin su zauna a Memphis a shekarar 1930 lokacin tana da shekaru 15. Ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Episcopal ta St. Mary a shekarar 1932, amma da farko ba ta iya zuwa kwaleji ba saboda matsalolin kuɗi na iyalin.  Daga ƙarshe ta yi karatun sinadarai a Kwalejin Southwestern (wanda daga baya aka sake masa suna Rhodes College ) kuma ta sami digiri a shekarar 1937. 

## Aikin siyasa
Sha'awar Awsumb ga siyasa ta samo asali ne daga aikin mahaifinta a Michigan. A shekarar 1956, ta gudanar da yakin neman zabe a matsayin 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Republican a Majalisar Dokokin Tennessee . 

A shekarar 1967, Awsumb ta zama mace ta farko da aka zaba a Majalisar Birnin Memphis . Bayan watanni biyu da fara wa'adinta na farko, Awsumb ta zama fitacciyar jaruma a yajin aikin tsafta na Memphis a shekarar 1968.  Awsumb ta kasance mai matukar muhimmanci a matsayin mai hulda da majalisar ga Magajin Gari Henry Loeb, wanda ta zarge shi da kawo cikas ga ci gaban majalisar kan warware yajin aikin. Awsumb ba ta goyi bayan kungiyoyin kwadago na birni ba a cikin manufar kuma ta yi adawa da yajin aikin. Duk da haka, ta fahimci cewa yajin aikin ya kara ta'azzara rashin daidaiton tattalin arziki ga bakar fata 'yan Amurka kuma ta nemi yin sulhu wajen warware shi, kamar karin albashi nan take, tare da ra'ayoyinta sun koma ga masu yajin aikin yayin da zaluncin 'yan sanda ya kara ta'azzara a duk lokacin rikicin.  

Majalisar ta zaɓe ta a matsayin shugaba a shekarar 1970—mukamin da ta riƙe har zuwa 1975. Baya ga yajin aikin tsafta, zamanta na rashin kwanciyar hankali a majalisar ya kuma haɗa da kisan gillar Martin Luther King Jr., tashin hankali kan haɗakar launin fata a birnin, da kuma ƙaruwar shigar mata cikin harkokin siyasa . Awsumb ta karɓi naɗin a matsayin darektan farko na Gidaje da Ci gaban Al'umma na birnin a shekarar 1975, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin har zuwa 1981. 

Da take tunani game da harkokin siyasarta, ta bayyana kanta a matsayin "mai matsakaicin ra'ayi" wadda ke wakiltar dukkan mutane, kuma tana alfahari da cewa ta lashe mafi yawan dukkan yankunan zaɓe—ciki har da waɗanda suka fi rinjaye a wurare fararen fata da baƙi a cikin garin.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Gwen Robinson ta auri Wells Awsumb, ɗan fitaccen mai zane-zane ɗan ƙasar Norway-Amurka George Awsumb, a shekarar 1937. Sun haifi 'ya'ya uku tare, George, Carl, da Helen Catherine. Gwen Awsumb ta rasu a Memphis, Tennessee a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 2003. 

## Gado
Wani shafi a cikin *jaridar Daily Memphian* da ke bikin cika shekaru biyu na birnin ya haɗa da Awsumb a cikin jerin manyan mutane 200 na tarihi waɗanda "ba ku sani ba amma ya kamata ku sani."  Makarantar St. Mary's Episcopal ta ba ta suna wanda ya karɓi kyautar Distinguished Tlumnae Award a 1996. An adana tarin takardu da bayanan tarihi a cikin ɗakin karatu na jama'a na Memphis, yana mai bayyana cewa ta bar "gado na ambushness" a Memphis.  Bayan rasuwarta a 2003, Majalisar Dokokin Tennessee ta zartar da wani kuduri na girmama gudummawar da ta bayar ga birnin Memphis da kuma zamanta memba a majalisar dokoki da shugaba.  

## Duba kuma

* Ƙungiyar kare haƙƙin jama'a
* Tarihin Memphis, Tennessee
* Mata a mukamai masu iko

## Manazarta