Maxine Waters
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Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; an haife ta a watan Agusta 15, 1938) yar siyasar Amurka ce wadda ke aiki a matsayin wakiliyar Amurka na gunduma a majalissar California ta 43 tun daga 1991. Gundumar, wacce aka ƙidaya a matsayin gundumar 29th daga 1991 zuwa 1993 kuma a matsayin gundumar 35th daga 2013 zuwa Los Angeles. Gardena, Inglewood da Torrance.
Rayuwar baya da karatu
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Waters a shekarar 1938 a St. Louis, Missouri, 'yar Remus Carr da Velma Lee (née Moore).[1][2] Ta biyar cikin 'ya'ya 13, mahaifiyarta daya ce ta rene ta bayan mahaifinta ya bar iyali lokacin da Maxine ke da shekaru biyu.[3] Ta sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Vashon a St. Louis kafin ta ƙaura tare da danginta zuwa Los Angeles a 1961. Ta yi aiki a masana'antar tufafi kuma a matsayin ma'aikacin tarho kafin a ɗauke ta a matsayin mataimakiyar malami tare da shirin Head Start a Watts a 1966[4]. Daga baya Waters ta yi rajista a Kwalejin Jihar Los Angeles (yanzu Jami'ar Jihar California, Los Angeles), inda ta sami digiri na farko a fannin zamantakewa a cikin 1971.[5]
Siyasar farko da aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin 1973, Waters ta koma aiki a matsayin babbar mataimakiyar ga City Councilman David S. Cunningham, Jr. An zabe ta zuwa Majalisar Jihar California a 1976. A cikin Majalisar, ta yi aiki don karkatar da kudaden fansho na jihohi daga duk wani kasuwancin da ke aiki a Afirka ta Kudu, wata ƙasa sannan tana aiki a ƙarƙashin manufofin wariyar launin fata, kuma ta taimaka wajen aiwatar da doka a cikin ka'idodin Ka'idojin Sufuri.[6] Ta hau kan mukamin shugaban jam'iyyar Democrat na majalisar.[7]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Next up for House Ethics trial: St. Louis native Maxine Waters". stltoday. November 19, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2011
- ↑ Waters, Maxine". Contemporary Black Biography. Encyclopedia.com. 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2015
- ↑ Brownstein, Ronald (March 5, 1989). "The Two Worlds of Maxine Waters". Los Angeles Times Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ↑ Brownstein, Ronald (March 5, 1989). "The Two Worlds of Maxine Waters". Los Angeles Times Magazine. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ↑ Public Affairs Office – Who's Who of Cal State L.A. Alumni". Cal State LA. October 22, 2013
- ↑ French, Howard W. (February 9, 1987). "Slash Ties, Apartheid Foes Urge". The New York Times. p. D1. Retrieved March 13, 2009. Maxine Waters, a member of the California Assembly who helped frame her state's pension fund divestment bill, has promised to work overtime to insure that our legislation reflects these guidelines and continues to target any and all U.S. companies that are doing business in or with South Africa
- ↑ "About Congresswoman Maxine Waters: Representing the 35th District of California". Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009. During 14 years in the California State Assembly, she rose to the powerful position of Democratic Caucus Chair. She was responsible for some of the boldest legislation California has ever seen: the largest divestment of state pension funds from South Africa; landmark affirmative action legislation; the nation's first statewide Child Abuse Prevention Training Program; the prohibition of police strip searches for nonviolent misdemeanors; and the introduction of the nation's first plant closure law.