Mary Ellen Cottrell

Mary Ellen Cottrell
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Sheffield, 11 ga Augusta, 1868
ƙasa	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Birtaniya
Mutuwa	Birmingham, 1969
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa da business executive (en)
Imani
Jam'iyar siyasa	Co-operative Party (en)

Mary Ellen Cottrell (Agusta 11, 1868 - Disamba 1969) ta kasance mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a ta Labour da Co-op kuma 'yar siyasa a Birmingham, da kuma a matakin ƙasa.

Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Cottrell Mary Ellen Bryan a Sheffield, Yorkshire, 'yar Richard da Maria Bryan (wanda aka haifa a matsayin Tester). Ta zama malamar makaranta kuma daga ƙarshe shugabar makaranta. A shekarar 1896, ta auri Frank Cottrell a Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire. Sun zauna a Birmingham, inda aka haifi 'ya'ya maza uku: Frank a shekarar 1897, Wilfred a shekarar 1902, da kuma Norman Bryan a shekarar 1907.

Ta kasance mai himma a cikin ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta gida, tana aiki a matsayin sakatariya ta ƙungiyar mata ta gida, kuma an zaɓe ta a kwamitin ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta Ten Acres da Stirchley (TASCOS) a shekarar 1909 a matsayin mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a wannan matsayin. Ita ce kuma mace ta farko da ta wakilci Midlands a kwamitin tsakiya na ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa a shekarar 1917. Ana yaba mata da samun karuwar rabon madara a lokacin yaƙi ga jarirai da mata masu shayarwa da masu juna biyu yayin da take aiki a kwamitin ba da shawara kan madara a shekarar 1918.

A ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 1917, an zaɓe ta ba tare da hamayya ba a Majalisar Birnin Birmingham a zaɓen maye gurbin Selly Oak saboda ɗaukaka George Shann zuwa alderman . Zaɓenta a matsayin 'yar takarar Jam'iyyar Labour ya kasance abin cece-kuce a lokacin; domin aƙalla jami'an ƙungiyar kwadago biyu na gida sun yi fatan a zaɓe ta. Ita ce kansila mace ta farko ta Labour da ta yi aiki a Majalisar Birnin. An gabatar da ita ga taron Majalisar ta farko ta Cllr Thomas Hackett a matsayin wadda ta yi wa ƙungiyar Labour hidima sosai a Selly Oak kuma tana da ƙwarewa sosai a ayyukan jama'a. Zaɓenta ya fara tun kafin ƙaddamar da Jam'iyyar Co-operative Party da wasu watanni, amma daga 1920 ta tsaya takarar Jam'iyyar Labour/Co-op.

Cottrell ta tsaya takarar sake tsayawa takara a shekarar 1920, amma 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Conservative ta kayar da ita. Ta koma Majalisar a watan Disamba na shekarar 1921 a wani zaben maye gurbin kuma ta yi aiki har zuwa 1923. A shekarar 1922, ta zama mace ta farko da aka zaba a Hukumar Haɗin Gwiwa, inda za ta zama mace tilo da ta jagoranci hukumar tsawon shekaru 37. Ta sauka daga majalisar don mayar da hankali kan ayyukanta na haɗin gwiwa.

A cikin Rijistar 1939, an nuna Cottrell a matsayin wacce ke zaune a gida ɗaya a Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak kamar lokacin da aka zaɓe ta. An bayyana ta a matsayin bazawara, kuma a matsayin "Darakta CWS (Mai Ritaya)".