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Rayuwa | |||
Haihuwa |
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ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka | ||
Mutuwa |
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Abokiyar zama |
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Makaranta |
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Harsuna | Turanci | ||
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Sana'a | ɗan siyasa da Malami | ||
Wurin aiki | Washington, D.C. | ||
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Jam'iyar siyasa |
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Leslie Elizabeth Bullock Andrews (an haife ta a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 1911 – Disamba 2, 2002) ita ce mace ta farko da ta wakilci Alabama a Majalisar Wakilai ta Amurka . Ita ce matar dan majalisa George William Andrews, kuma an zabe shi a kujerarsa bayan mutuwarsa.
An haifi Leslie Elizabeth Bullock a Geneva, Alabama, ga Charles Gillespie Bullock da Janie Aycock, [1] Andrews ya halarci makarantun jama'a na Geneva. Ta sami BS a fannin tattalin arziki na gida daga Kwalejin Montevallo (yanzu Jami'ar Montevallo ), Montevallo, Alabama, a cikin 1932. [2] Ta ci gaba da zama malamin makarantar sakandare a Livingston, Alabama. [3] Daga baya ta dauki aikin koyarwa a Union Springs don samun mafi kyawun albashi yayin Damuwa. A nan ne ta hadu da mijinta, George William Andrews. Sun yi aure a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 1936, kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, Jane da George, Jr. Auren ya dade fiye da shekaru 35 har mutuwarsa ta rikitarwa daga tiyatar zuciya a ranar 25 ga Disamba, 1971. [4]
Lokacin da mijinta ya fara tsayawa takara na 78th Congress, ta kasance da hannu sosai a yakin neman zabensa. An sake zaɓe shi zuwa 14 masu cin nasara Congresses kuma ma'auratan sun koma Washington, DC, inda Andrews ya shiga cikin Ƙungiyar Majalisa kuma ya zama mataimakin shugaban kasa a 1971. [4]
Bayan mutuwar mijinta a shekara ta 1971, Lera Thomas da sauran abokai sun ƙarfafa ta sosai don ta yi takara a ofishin George domin ta ci gaba da ci gaba da gadonsa. Andrews ta sanar da takararta a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1972, kuma ta sami amincewar Gwamnan Alabama George Wallace . [4] Ta yi takara ba tare da hamayya ba, an zabe ta a matsayin ‘yar jam’iyyar Democrat ta hanyar zabe na musamman a majalisar wakilai ta casa’in da biyu domin cike gurbin da mutuwar mijinta, wakilin Amurka George W. Andrews ya yi. [4] Ta yi hidimar ragowar waccan Majalisar daga Afrilu 4, 1972, zuwa Janairu 3, 1973. [5] Ba ta kasance 'yar takara don sake zaɓen zuwa Majalisa ta Tasa'in da Uku ba a 1972. Ta kasance mace daya tilo da aka zaba don wakiltar Alabama a kowace Majalisar Wakilai har zuwa zaben Wakilai Martha Roby da Terri Sewell a 2010. [4]
A lokacin wa'adinta a Majalisa ta 92, ta kasance a kwamitin gidan waya da sabis na jama'a inda ta gabatar da gyare-gyare don kare fa'idodin kiwon lafiya da Tsaro . Ta kuma yi aiki don nemo kudade ga cibiyoyin bincike na Birmingham da ke binciken ciwon daji da cututtukan zuciya. Ta goyi bayan shirin gwamnatin Nixon na janye sojojin Amurka daga Vietnam . [4] Andrews ya kuma yi aiki don ɗaukar nauyin doka don ayyana Jami'ar Tuskegee a matsayin Cibiyar Tarihi ta Ƙasa .
Ta bar Majalisa a cikin Janairu 1973 kuma ta koma Union Springs inda ta kasance mai aiki a cikin al'amuran jama'a. [4]
Andrews ya mutu a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 2002, yana da shekaru 91 a Birmingham, Alabama . An haɗa ta a Oak Hill Cemetery, Union Springs, Alabama . [6]