Gertrude Ansell

**Gertrude Mary Ansell** (2 Yuni 1861 - 7 Maris 1932) 'yar Burtaniya ce, mai fafutukar kare lafiyar dabbobi kuma 'yar kasuwa.

## Rayuwa
Ansell ita ce ta uku kuma 'yar kawai ta masanin ƙarfe George Frederick Ansell (1826-1880) da matarsa, Sarah (née Cook). Mahaifinta, a cikin 1856, an nada shi a matsayin magatakarda a cikin Royal Mint tare da taƙaitaccen bayani don kawar da sharar gida da rashin kulawa amma an tilasta masa ya bar matsayinsa a 1868. Ya mutu a 1880 ya bar iyalinsa kadan; a 1881 Gertrude Ansell tana aiki a ofishin tarho. A shekara ta 1900, ta kafa kasuwanci a matsayin "mai rubutu".

Tunanin Gertrude Ansell ya mamaye ta hanyar jin daɗin dabbobi da kuma 'yancin mata. A cikin 1909, ta zama mai ba da kuɗi na girmamawa na Kungiyar Tsaro da Tsaro ta Dabbobi kuma ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya taron Majalisar Tsaro da Kare Dabbobi ta Duniya a wannan shekarar.

Ta yi imanin cewa matsayin tattalin arziki na mata ba zai taɓa gamsarwa ba tare da 'yancin siyasa ba kuma a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1906 ta shiga kungiyar mata da siyasa (WSPU). Ansell ya shiga cikin 'Mud Maris' na 9 ga Fabrairu 1907 zuwa Hyde Park a lokacin da mutane 4000, duka masu sufragists a NUWSS da kuma masu sufragettes masu tayar da kayar baya a WSPU suka saurari Millicent Fawcett kuma da yawa ba su da tausayi ga Keir Hardie suna magana don 'yan gwagwarmaya' don cimma mata.  A ranar 13 ga Oktoba 1908, an kama ta bayan ta shiga cikin wani WSPU "rawan" a kan House of Commons kuma an yanke mata hukuncin ɗaurin wata daya a gidan yarin Holloway . 

A cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa, Ansell ta shiga cikin dukkan manyan wasannin WSPU, amma ta ba da alƙawari ga ɗaya daga cikin kwamitocin dabbobi don kada ta shiga cikin ayyukan yaƙi. Ta yi aiki don Dogs Exemption Bill da Plumage Bill, amma lokacin da House of Commons ta ƙi su a 1913 ta koma ayyukan WSPU. A ranar 31 ga watan Yulin, ta fashe taga a Ofishin Cikin Gida kuma an yanke mata hukuncin ɗaurin wata daya. Ta tafi yajin aikin yunwa kuma an sake ta a karkashin "Cat and Mouse Act". An sake kama ta a ranar 30 ga Oktoba a tashar tashar Holborn yayin sayar da jaridar WSPU, The Suffragette . Ofishin rikodin masu aikata laifuka ya rarraba hotonta da bayanin ta a matsayin "sanannen mai fafutuka" (5 feet 4 inci, idanu masu launin toka, gashi mai launin toka). Daga nan sai ta bi tsarin yajin aikin yunwa, saki, sake kamawa da ɗaurin kurkuku har sai da ta sami nasarar tserewa daga 'yan sanda.

A ranar 12 ga Mayu 1914, ta ragargaza hoton Hubert von Herkomer na Duke na Wellington a cikin Royal Academy  tare da gatari, wanda ya haifar da lalacewar £ 15.  Lokacin da aka kama ta, an ruwaito cewa ta ce, "Na yi aikina, kuma ina fatan duk wata mace za ta yi haka. "  An yanke mata hukuncin ɗaurin watanni shida  amma a wannan lokacin ba a sake ta ba, saboda ta ci gaba da yunwa da ƙishirwa, an tilasta mata ciyarwa."An gabatar da shi ta hanyar hadin gwiwar mata da siyasa a cikin gyaran wani aiki mai ban sha'awa, inda za a sami tsananin tsananin tashin hankali ga tsananin fuska na HUNGER da tsananin asalin asalin Justice na Siyasa ta WASINDICATED".Rubutun lambar yabo sun kasance a cikin launuka na WSPU na fari mai launin kore da purple.

Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwanta shine lauya J. E. Ansell, wanda daga baya ya buga tarihin sunan iyali. Gertrude Ansell ta bar wa 'ya'yansa ƙaramin dukiyarta. Ta mutu a Babban Asibitin da ke Saffron Walden a ranar 7 ga Maris 1932 bayan tiyata don gallstones.

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Hotunan sa ido na ofishin masu aikata laifuka, National Portrait Gallery