Maud Dightam

Maud Dightam
Rayuwa
ƙasa	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Birtaniya
Sana'a

Maud Dightam (née Rose) (shekarar 1875 - 24 ga watan Disambar shekarar 1932) yar siyasan kasar Ingila ce, yargurguzu kuma yar gwagwarmaya daga garin Leeds. Ita da Gertrude Dennison sune mata biyu na farko da aka zaba a Majalisar Birnin Leeds.

Sana'a

Maud Dightam ta fara sha'awar zamantakewa lokacin da ɗan'uwanta ya ƙaura kuma ta karanta wasu littattafai game da wannan batu, waɗanda ya bari. Ta taka rawar gani wajen kafa kungiyar kwadago ta mata ta Leeds kuma ta kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa Makarantar Lahadin Socialist ta Gabashin Leeds. A wurare daban-daban, ta kuma rike mukaman shugaban kasa, mataimakin shugaban kasa da sakatariyar kwamitin mata na jam'iyyar Labour ta Leeds. Duk da cewa ta damu da yadda ake samun daidaito ga mata, amma ta jaddada cewa tsarin gurguzu da aji sun fi mahimmanci a gare ta fiye da batun zabe.

Ta kasance mashahuriyar mai magana kuma a kai a kai tana yin jawabi a duk fadin gundumar. A lokacin yajin aikin gama gari na shekarar 1926, ta yi jawabi ga zanga-zangar masu hakar ma'adinai a kan moors a waje da Wakefield. An gayyace ta don yin magana a kusan kowace zanga-zangar ranar Mayu na jam'iyyar Leeds Labour.

Majalisar Birnin Leeds

Dightam ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaba a matsayin kansila na Jam'iyyar Labour a Majalisar Birnin Leeds. Ta tsaya a matsayin 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Labour na yankin Gabashin Leeds a cikin shekarar 1921 kuma ta sami goyon bayan James O'Grady, wanda shi ne dan majalisar Leeds ta Kudu maso Gabas, ya yi nasara da yawancin kuru'u adadin 1,200. A lokacin wannan zaben, Gertrude Dennison ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaba a matsayin 'yar takarar Conservative. Dightam tayi aiki a majalisa tsakanin shekarar 1921 zuwa shekarar 1924, gami da kan kwamitocin tsaftacewa, lafiya da ilimi.

Rayuwa ta sirri

Dightam ya auri Ernest Dightam, shi ma daga garin Leeds, a shekarar 1904 kuma yana da 'ya, Eveline Mary, a shekarar 1905. Ernest ya ƙi saboda imaninsa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya. Maud Dightam ta mutu a gidanta da ke titin York Road a Leeds a ranar 24 ga watan Disambar shekarar 1932. An kona ta a Lawnswood Crematorium kuma tokar ta ta warwatse akan Ilkley Moor bisa bukatar ta.