Ada Celeste Sweet
Ada Celeste Sweet (23 Febrụwarị 1853 - 17 Septemba 1928) bụ onye ngbanwe America na enyemaka mmadụ sitere na steeti US nke Wisconsin, mana emechara site na steeti Illinois US. Onye isi ala Ulysses S. Grant họpụtara onye nnọchi anya United States maka ịkwụ ụgwọ ezumike nka na Chicago, ọkwa mbụ dị ka onye ọrụ inye ego nke gọọmentị US nyere nwanyị. O guzobere usoro siri ike nke mgbanwe ọrụ obodo, nke mere ka ọ ghara inwe mmasị na ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. Na mgbakwunye na ịbụ onye guzobere usoro ụgbọ ihe mberede maka ndị uwe ojii Chicago, ọ rụrụ ọrụ enyemaka, rụsie ọrụ ike maka mgbanwe gọọmentị, wee jee ozi dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke Chicago Tribune. [3]
Afọ ndị mbụ na agụmakwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Ada Celeste Sweet na Stockbridge, Wisconsin, na 23 Febụwarị 1853. Nna ya bụ Benjamin J. Sweet, onye ọka iwu na-aga nke ọma ma mesịa bụrụ Onye omeiwu steeti Wisconsin. Nne ya, nke a mụrụ Lovisa L. Denslow, bụ nwa nwanyị Elihu Denslow. E nwere ọtụtụ ụmụnne gụnyere na 1854, Lawrence Wheelock; na 1858, Minnie; na 1865, Martha Winfred; na Benjamin Jeffrey, na 1871. [4]
Mgbe Agha Obodo America malitere, nna ya banyere na Union Army dị ka Major nke 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, dị ka Colonel nke 21st Infantry Regiment, e merụrụ ya ahụ na Agha nke Perryville. Mgbe e mesịrị, ọ ghọrọ onye isi nke Camp Douglas na Chicago dị ka Colonel nke Eighth United States Veteran Reserve Corps.
Sweet nọrọ n'oge ọkọchị ya na Wisconsin na oge oyi ya n'ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị nọn na Chicago. Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, General Sweet biri n'ugbo dị kilomita 20 site na Chicago wee mepee ụlọ ọrụ ndị ọka iwu n'obodo ahụ. Sweet, nke okenye n'ime ụmụaka ahụ, nyeere nna ya aka na azụmahịa ya. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ nke ọma ma n'oge na-adịghị anya zụlite nkà azụmahịa.[5]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 1868, General Sweet natara nhọpụta site n'aka Onye isi ala Grant dị ka onye nnọchi anya ezumike nká na Chicago. Ada banyere n'ọfịs ahụ, mụta nkọwa nke azụmahịa ahụ, ma gaa n'ihu n'ọrụ ahụ ruo ọtụtụ afọ. N'afọ 1872, e mere General Sweet osote onye isi nke Internal Revenue, wee kwaga Washington, D.C. Ada sonyeere ya dị ka odeakwụkwọ onwe ya. Ọ nwụrụ n'ụbọchị Afọ Ọhụrụ, 1874, na-ahapụ ala pere mpe iji nye ezinụlọ ya.[5]
Onye isi ala Grant wee họpụta Ada Sweet dị ka onye nnọchi anya US maka ịkwụ ụgwọ ezumike nká na Chicago, ọnọdụ mbụ dị ka onye na-enyefe ego nke gọọmentị US nyere nwanyị.[1] Ụlọ ọrụ Chicago nwere aha 6,000 nke ndị ezumike nká n'ebe ugwu Illinois na mpịakọta ya, na nkesa ruru ihe karịrị US $ 1,000,000 kwa afọ. O mere ka ọfịs ahụ bụrụ nke na-anọghị na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị ma họpụta ụmụ nwanyị dị ka ndị enyemaka. N'afọ 1877, Onye isi ala Hayes mere ka a kwụọ ụgwọ ezumike nká Illinois niile na Chicago, ọfịs ya na-akwụ ihe karịrị $ 6,000,000 kwa afọ. Ọ họọrọ ndị odeakwụkwọ nke ya ma zụọ ha maka ọrụ ya. O mere nke ọma nke na, n'agbanyeghị nrụgide e wetara iji nweta nhọpụta nke nwoke, Onye isi ala Rutherford B. Hayes họpụtara ya ọzọ na 1878, na Onye isi ala Chester A. Arthur na 1882. N'afọ 1885, onye isi ala nke Democratic gwara ya ka ọ gbaa arụkwaghịm, mana ọ rịọrọ Onye isi ala Grover Cleveland, ọ hapụrụ ya n'ọfịs ruo na Septemba, 1885, mgbe ọ gbara arụkwaghịma, iji were ọnọdụ azụmahịa na New York City.[5]
Na 1886 ọ gara Europe. Mgbe ọ laghachiri na Chicago, ọ ghọrọ onye nchịkọta akụkọ Chicago Tribune. N'afọ 1888, ọ mepere ụlọ ọrụ na-azọrọ na United States na Chicago, wee rụọ nnukwu azụmahịa n'ịchekwa ụgwọ ezumike nká maka ndị agha ma ọ bụ ezinụlọ ha, lara ezumike nká na 1905. Na 1892, a họpụtara Sweet na Board of Education Chicago.[1]. Site na 1911 ruo 1913, ọ na-elekọta ngalaba nwanyị The Equitable Life Assurance Society. [2]
Ndụ onwe onye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Sweet bi na Chicago na nwanne ya nwoke. O nwere mmasị na ọrụ ụmụ nwanyị niile, wee jee ozi dị ka onye otu Chicago Woman's Club, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ na kọmitii klọb maka agụmakwụkwọ mmanye.[1] Ọ bụkwa onye nlekọta nke Civic Federation. Na Mee 1894, Sweet ghọrọ onye isi oche nke klọb nwanyị Chicago.[2] Ọ bụ onye nchoputa na onye isi ala mbụ nke Municipal Order League of Chicago, ọha mmadụ hibere iji kwalite ọnọdụ ịdị ọcha, yana site na ahụike, nke obodo ahụ. N'October, 1890, o nyere ụgbọ ala ndị uwe ojii mbụ n'obodo ahụ, na-enweta ego n'etiti ndị enyi ya iji wuo ma kwadebe ya, wee si otú a malite usoro dị ugbu a na Chicago nke ilekọta ndị merụrụ ahụ ma ọ bụ daa ọrịa n'ebe ọha na eze. Na 17 Septemba 1928, Sweet nwụrụ n'ụlọ nwanne ya nwanyị, onye ọzọ dị mkpa na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ikike ụmụ nwanyị, Winifred Bonfils na San Francisco, California.[3]
Ebem si dee
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ihe ndị e dere n'akwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ "Ada Celeste Sweet, president of the", Topeka Daily Capital, 14 November 1894. Retrieved on 10 January 2017.
- ↑ The Rise of a Modern City. Northwestern University. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved on 22 January 2017.
- ↑ Georgia L. Osborne, Miss Ada Celeste Sweet in Brief Biographies of the Figurines on display in the Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois, 1932, p. 110.