Virginia Durant Young

Virginia Durant Covington Young (10 Maris 1842 - 2 Nuwamba 1906) ɗan Ba'amurke ce mai fafutuka, mai fafutuka, marubuci, kuma ɗan jarida, [1] editan jarida kuma mai shi. Bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin editan jaridar Fairfax Enterprise ta South Carolina ta mako-mako, Young ya zama mai mallakar jaridar a cikin 1899. [2] Aikinta na zaɓen mata a Kudancin Carolina an san shi sosai, kodayake matan Kudancin Carolina sun sami 'yancin yin zaɓe shekaru bayan mutuwar Young.

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Virginia Durant Covington Young a Georgetown, South Carolina zuwa William Wallace Durant, dan majalisar jiha, da Julia Durant. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, Virginia ta auri Benjamin H. Covington, wani soja mai haɗin gwiwa wanda ya mutu a 1879. Bazawara, Virginia ta koma South Carolina daga Mississippi inda ita da mijinta marigayi suka zauna. A cikin 1880, ta auri Dr. William Jasper Young na Fairfax, South Carolina .  Ma'auratan sun sadaukar da kansu ga juna kuma dukkansu sun goyi bayan daidaiton mata. Matashi na da mallakin gidan ma'auratan kuma ta mallaki nata kuɗin, wanda ya kasance matsala a lokacin.  A cikin 1891, Young ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan mata na Ƙungiyar Jarida ta Kudu Carolina.  A wannan lokacin, Young kuma tana gudanar da jaridar *Fairfax Enterprise* mako-mako daga gidanta bayan ta zama ita kaɗai ta mallaki takarda a cikin 1899. 

## Ayyukan aiki

### Haushi
Matasa ta fara aikinta tare da Ƙungiyar Matan Kirista ta Mata (WCTU) a cikin 1886. Ta halarci taron jiha na WCTU da aka gudanar a Charleston a cikin 1889, inda ta sadu da wasu mata da suka jajirce kan al'amurran da suka shafi halin ɗabi'a da zaɓen mata.  A cikin 1890, Young ya zama magatakarda magatakarda na sashin South Carolina na WCTU. A cikin wannan shekarar, Matasa da wasu mata masu ra'ayi iri ɗaya, sun kafa Ƙungiyar Haƙƙin Haƙƙin Haƙƙin Ma'aikata ta Kudancin Carolina (SCERA) a wani taro a Greenville.  

### Zabar mata
A kafa SCERA, Young ta fara yin suna a matsayin mai neman zabe a matakin jiha da kasa baki daya. An yi cikakken bayanin ƙoƙarinta na gida a cikin shirin da aka buga don taron shekara-shekara na ashirin da biyar na Ƙungiyar Suffrage ta Mata ta Amurka (NAWSA) a 1893. A cikin gajerun shekaru uku da ta yi tare da SCERA, Young ta zama shugabar kungiyar NAWSA ta jiharta. Young ya gabatar da jawabai kan daidaiton mata ga South Carolina WCTU da kungiyar 'yan jarida ta South Carolina. Ita da takwarorinta na SCERA su ma sun yi wa ’yan siyasa zagon-kasa don neman goyon baya.

A shekara ta 1892, dan majalisar dokokin jihar Janar Robert R. Hemphill ya gabatar da wani gyare-gyare ga majalisar dattijai ta Kudu Carolina wanda zai baiwa mata 'yancin kada kuri'a. An kada kuri'a 21 zuwa 14. 

## Mutuwa da gado
Virginia Durant Young ya mutu a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1906, daga rashin lafiya. Ta bar gidanta ga Dr. Young wanda ya ci gaba da zama yana yin aikin likitanci a gidan har mutuwarsa. Bayan mutuwar Dr. Young, wasiyyarsa ta bar gida zuwa garin Fairfax don amfani da shi azaman ɗakin karatu na jama'a.  An ƙara gidan Fairfax na Matasa zuwa Rajista na Wuraren Tarihi na Ƙasa a cikin 1983. 

Sakamakon mutuwar matashin, yunkurin tabbatar da daidaito da zaben mata a South Carolina ya wargaje. NAWSA ba ta bi sawun ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce a faɗin jihar ba kuma SCERA ta wargaje. 

An binne matashiya a Fairfax kuma an ƙawata wurin kabarinta da wani abin tunawa da ke cewa: "Ta hau kan tudu kuma ta ɗauki fitilar 'yanci don jima'i." 

## Rubuce-rubuce
Baya ga gudummawar da ta bayar ga *Kasuwancin Fairfax* da sauran jaridu, Young ya rubuta litattafai uku: 

* *Kallon kamar a cikin Gilashi* (1895)
* *Hasumiya a cikin Hamada* (1896)
* *Daya daga cikin kajin Blue Hen* (1902)

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