Alice Low (mai ba da izini)

**Alice Low**, OBE (1877–1954) 'Yar Birtaniya ce mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, wacce ta yi magana kan hanyoyin lumana na cimma 'yancin mata na kaɗa ƙuri'a, da kuma dokoki masu adalci, gami da rage yawan aiki. Ta kasance shugaba a Edinburgh da Berwickshire National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) kuma mai magana da yawon buɗe ido (tare da Dr. Elsie Inglis da Chrystal MacMillan, Millicent Fawcett da sauransu) a farkon ƙarni na ashirin. Ta kuma kasance jagora a cikin Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. ( QMAAC ) a Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya (kuma ta ci gaba da hulɗarta) kuma 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mai son shiga cikin manyan mukamai tare da British Empire Shakespeare Society. 

## Iyali
An haifi Alice Low a shekarar 1877 a Whitsome da ke Berwickshire . Lokacin da ta rasu a shekarar 1954, an binne ta a can. Tana da 'yar'uwa, Jessica. 

## Fafutukar 'Yancin Zaɓe
Shaidar farko ta hannun Low a yakin neman zaben mata ita ce a watan Yulin 1908 lokacin da aka buga doguwar wasiƙarta kan wannan batu a cikin *The Berwick Advertiser:*  Ta duba ƙasashen da aka riga aka bai wa mata kaɗa ƙuri'a ba tare da wani mummunan sakamako ba; Low ta ɗauki wasu daga cikin hujjojin da aka saba yi game da zaɓen mata (kamar "wurin mata yana cikin gida") ta kuma bayyana dalilin da ya sa ba ta yarda ba. Kuma ta gayyaci masu karatu su gano game da Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Edinburgh don Kaɗa ƙuri'a ta Mata (don tuntuɓar sakataren reshen yankin), inda za a iya samun ƙasidu kuma a yi maraba da sabbin membobi. 

A wata mai zuwa, ta shiga cikin jawabinta a ƙungiyar mata ta Berwickshire game da manufofin ƙungiyar ƙasa ta mata ta zaɓe. Jaridar *Berwick Advertiser* ta ambato ta tana cewa "muna yaba wa 'yan takarar jam'iyyar kuma mun fahimci yadda ƙoƙarinsu ya ci gaba, amma mun fi son bin hanyoyin lumana." 

A watan Satumba na shekarar 1908, "da himma sosai", ta yi magana a wani taron da aka yi a Ninewells Mains game da rashin adalci ga mata na tsarin shari'a na yanzu, inda ta ambaci dokokin saki da dokoki da suka shafi albashi a matsayin misalai. Batutuwa marasa tushe a masana'antu da shaguna inda mata ke karɓar ma'aikata ba tare da izini ba ba kasafai suke karɓar fiye da shilling 10 ko 11 (kusan rabin £ sterling ɗaya) a mako. Ta lura cewa sakamakon shine an tilasta wa wasu su sami kuɗi ta hanyar sayar da kansu a matsayin karuwai. A taƙaice, Low ta jaddada cewa 'yanzu ne lokacin aiki da aiki ba tare da gajiyawa ba don ƙuri'un da dole ne mu samu da kuma waɗanda za mu samu.' 

A ranar 7 ga Oktoba 1908, ƙungiyar Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage ta gayyace ta don yin jawabi a wani taron jama'a da aka yi a Café Oak Hall na Edinburgh, tare da Lady Steel da Farfesa JA Paterson.  Washegari, *ƙungiyar mata* ta lura cewa tare da Low a matsayin Sakataren reshen Berwickshire na NUWSS, tana da "mambobin da suka isa su gudanar da harkokinta", (Low yana aiki a wannan reshe daga Edinburgh). 

'Yan'uwa mata biyu na Low sun yi jawabi a wani taro a garinsu na Whitsome A watan Janairun 1909. Alice Low ita ce mai jawabi ta farko, inda ta sami tarba mai "matukar farin ciki" tare da tafi a ko'ina, kuma an yi mata maraba da waƙar " Domin ita kyakkyawar mace ce mai farin ciki" . Ta yi nuni da ƙalubalen da mata ke fuskanta, da kuma yawan sana'o'in da aka cire su daga cikinsu. 

Ta yi amfani da dandamalin tare da Dr Elsie Inglis da Chrystal MacMillan a wani taron Edinburgh NUWSS a Café Oak Hall a watan Fabrairun 1909. Low ta yi jawabi mai daɗi, tana ƙarfafa maza su goyi bayan mata wajen samun ƙuri'a. Mai jawabi a baƙuwar ta kasance Miss JA Scott daga New Zealand, inda mata suka riga suka sami ƙuri'a;  

Misis Philip Snowden ita ce babbar mai jawabi a wani taro a watan Afrilun 1909 a Duns Drill Hall tare da Mrs Kennedy Fraser da Alice Low. Bayan babban jawabin, Low ta yi amfani da damar ta lura cewa membobin reshen yankin na ƙungiyar zaɓen 'yan ƙasa sun ƙaru daga mambobi 40 a watan Agustan 1908 zuwa 120 a halin yanzu. [1] An yi muhawara kan kudurin "Cewa a bai wa mata masu cancanta izinin zama 'yan ƙasa, bisa ga sharuɗɗan da aka gindaya ko kuma za a iya ba wa maza" a Coldstream a watan Afrilun 1909. Low da Mrs Hope na Sunwick sun yi magana don goyon bayan kudurin, wanda Mrs Neville (mijinta ya karanta takardarsa) da Lord Dunglass, mahaifin Firayim Minista na gaba Sir Alex Douglas-Home suka yi adawa da shi. An gabatar da kudurin da ƙuri'u arba'in zuwa goma, kodayake akwai mutane da yawa da suka kaurace masa. [2]

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