Lydia Moss Bradley

 

Lydia Moss Bradley

Lydia Moss Bradley
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Vevay (en) , 31 ga Yuli, 1816
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Peoria (en) , 16 ga Janairu, 1908
Makwanci	Springdale Cemetery (en)
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	philanthropist (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani National Women's Hall of Fame  (1998)

Lydia Moss Bradley (Yuli 31, 1816 – Janairu 16, 1908) ta kasance shugabar banki mai arziƙi kuma mai ba da agaji sananne ga ayyukanta na taimakon jama'a. Ta kafa Bradley Polytechnic Institute a Peoria, Illinois, a cikin 1897.

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Lydia Moss a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1816, a Vevay, Indiana, kusa da Kogin Ohio . Ita 'yar Loudoun County ce, 'yar asalin jihar Virginia Zealy Moss kuma jikanyar limamin juyin juya hali Nathaniel Moss. Mahaifiyarta ita ce Fauquier County, ɗan asalin Virginia Jeanette (Glasscock) Moss.

Lydia Moss Bradley

Dangane da zane-zanen tarihin rayuwar mata ta kasa, Lydia Moss "ta girma a kan iyaka" kuma ta "ilimi a cikin gidan katako." A zahiri, ta zauna a Vevay tare da danginta har sai ta auri Tobias S. Bradley a ranar 11 ga Mayu, 1837. A shekara 31, ita da mijinta sai suka ƙaura zuwa Peoria, Illinois . A cikin shekaru talatin masu zuwa sun sami wadata a gidaje da banki. Duk da mutuwar mijinta a shekara ta 1867 da kuma mutuwar dukan 'ya'yansu shida, Lydia Moss Bradley ta ci gaba da aiki a harkokin kasuwanci da kuma biyan bukatun jin kai, musamman a fannin kiwon lafiya da ilimi. A ƙarƙashin ikonta, ƙimar gidan Bradley ya ninka sau huɗu.

Ayyuka

A cikin 1875, Bradley ya zama mace ta farko mamba a kwamitin banki na kasa a Amurka lokacin da ta shiga kwamitin gudanarwa na Babban Bankin Kasa na Peoria na farko (yanzu wani bangare na Bankin Kasuwanci ). Bradley ya kasance daya daga cikin matan Amurka na farko da suka taba yin kwangilar aure ("yarjejeniyar jima'i" a cikin sharuddan zamani) don kare dukiyarta, wanda ta shigar da ita lokacin da ta auri dan kasuwa na Memphis Edward Clark a watan Disamba 1869. Ma’auratan sun sake aure a shekara ta 1873.

Bradley ya ba da ƙasa ga Society of St. Francis don gina asibiti, yanzu da aka sani da OSF St. Francis Medical Center . A cikin 1884 ta gina Gidan Bradley don Mata masu tsufa don kula da matan da mazansu suka mutu da marasa haihuwa, kuma ta ba da kuɗin gina cocin Universalist a Peoria. Daga nan Bradley ya ci nasara a shari’ar Kotun Koli ta Amurka a 1903 kan takaddamar filaye.

Ta kuma taimaka wajen kafa tsarin wurin shakatawa na farko a Illinois . Bradley ya ba da gudummawar filaye fiye da kadada 30 ga birnin Peoria a 1881 tare da umarnin ƙirƙirar wurin shakatawa don tunawa da ɗiyarta mafi dadewa, Laura Bradley. Ƙasar ta kasance ba a yi amfani da ita ba har tsawon shekaru goma, wanda ya sa Bradley ya ba da ƙarin kadada 100 idan birnin ya zama gundumar shakatawa. Tare da amincewar hanyar Pleasure Driveway da Park District of Peoria a cikin 1894, Bradley yayi aiki tare da garin don canja wurin ƙasar zuwa hukumar shakatawa. A matsayin wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar ƙasa, Bradley ya ƙayyade cewa hukumar "ba za ta ba da izini ba ko ba da izinin siyarwa ko rarraba abubuwan maye, ko ba da izinin caca, yin fare ko wasannin kwatsam, ko ɗabi'a mai ban tsoro, ko lalata ko harshe mara kyau ko ɗabi'a a cikin wurin shakatawa. ."

Bradley koyaushe yana ɗaukar Jami'ar Bradley a matsayin babban aikinta, wanda ta kafa a 1896 don girmama mijinta Tobias da 'ya'yanta shida, waɗanda duk suka mutu tun suna ƙanana. Bradley ya yi niyyar kafa wata cibiya wadda za ta baiwa dalibai ilimi mai amfani da amfani. Bradley Polytechnic ya buɗe ƙofofinsa a cikin Oktoba 1897. Asali an tsara shi azaman makarantar koyar da shekaru huɗu, makarantar ta zama kwalejin shekaru huɗu a cikin 1920 kuma jami'a tana ba da digiri na biyu a 1946.

A yau jami'a tana jin daɗin matsayin cikakkiyar ma'aikata, cibiya mai zaman kanta wacce ke ba da karatun digiri na biyu da digiri na biyu a aikin injiniya, kasuwanci, sadarwa, ilimin malami, aikin jinya, jiyya na jiki, fasaha mai kyau, da fasaha da kimiyyar sassaucin ra'ayi .

Mutuwa da shiga tsakani

A cewar wani masanin tarihin rayuwar Allen A. Upton, Lydia Moss Bradley "ta kasance a tsare a gidanta da rashin lafiya" a cikin Disamba 1907. Da farko an gano ta da kumburin ciki, ta ɗan inganta a ƙarƙashin kulawar likitanta, amma lafiyarta ta sake raguwa bayan sake fasalin cutar “la grippe” a farkon Janairu 1908. Ko da yake tana cikin matsanancin zafi, an bayar da rahoton cewa mai ba da agaji mai shekaru 91 ta kasance a faɗake kuma ta tsunduma cikin al'amuranta. Ta fada cikin rudani sakamakon yanayinta da karfe 7:15 16 ga Janairu, 1908. Bayan an yi jana'izar a gidanta, an binne ta tare da mijinta a makabartar Springdale "a cikin shirin dangin da ke rike da ragowar mahaifinta, mahaifiyarta, Laura, sauran yara biyar da kuma 'ya'yan William Moss."

Girmamawa

A cikin 1997, Jami'ar Bradley ta girmama Lydia Moss Bradley ta hanyar kafa mutum-mutumi a kan Da'irar Founder's Circle don girmama ta. Tun daga lokacin ana nuna wannan mutum-mutumi a kai a kai a cikin hotunan da aka yi amfani da su don ɗaukar ƙasidu na jami'a. A watan Yunin 2018, mutum-mutumin ya ruguje yayin wani hatsarin mota. A ranar 16 ga Agusta, 2018, an yi bikin karrama mutum-mutumin da aka maido.

A cikin 1998, an shigar da Lydia Moss Bradley cikin Babban Taron Mata na Kasa .

Duba kuma

• Jami'ar Bradley

Kara karantawa

• Daga, Christal. "Lidia Moss Bradley." Gadon Illinois (Maris/Afrilu 2015) 18#2 shafi 29–31.
• Henderson, Lyndee. Fiye da Petticoats: Matan Illinois na ban mamaki (2006) shafi 34-43.
• Upton, Allen A. (1988). Mala'ikan da aka manta - Labarin Lydia Moss Bradley .

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• Lydia Moss Bradley – Tarihin Rayuwa
• Bayanan tarihi na Peoria na Lydia Moss Bradley
• Tarihin Jami'ar Bradley