Ella Harper - nkhani yoiwalika ya 'Camel Girl'

Ella Harper, 'Mtsikana wa Ngamila,' anali ndi vuto lachilendo lomwe limapangitsa maondo ake kugwada cham'mbuyo.

Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, anthu padziko lonse lapansi akhala akuchita chidwi ndi izi zozizwitsa zaumunthu. Kuyambira kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale zachipatala kupita ku ziwonetsero zamasewera, mawonekedwe amunthuwa omwe sapezeka kawirikawiri amapezeka paliponse kutipangitsa kudabwa. Ena mwa ochita masewerowa anabadwa ndi mikhalidwe yomwe ambiri aife timaidziwa, monga mapasa olumikizana. Koma ochita sewero ena anali ndi mikhalidwe yomwe inali yachilendo kwambiri ndipo ingayambitse chidwi lero. Ella Harper, 'Mtsikana wa Ngamila,' anali ndi vuto lachilendo lomwe limapangitsa maondo ake kugwada cham'mbuyo. Chifukwa cha mawonekedwe achilendo a thupi lake, kuyenda pa anayi kunakhala komasuka kwa Ella Harper.

Moyo wa Ella Harper - Mtsikana wa Ngamila

Ella Harper mtsikana wa ngamira
Ella Harper, Msungwana Ngamila.

Ella Harper anabadwa pa January 5, 1870, ku Hendersonville, Tennessee. Dzina la abambo ake anali William Harper ndipo amayi ake anali Minerva Ann Childress. Panthawi imeneyo, William adadziwika kuti anali mlimi komanso wolemekezeka woweta masheya ku Sumner County. Mwatsoka, anafa pamoto pa August 26, 1890. Patapita zaka zinadziwika kuti Ella anali ndi mchimwene wake Everett Harper yemwe anamwalira pa April 4 chaka chomwecho - miyezi itatu yokha kuchokera pamene anabadwa.

William ndi Minerva anali makolo onyada a ana asanu: Sallie, Willie, Everett, Ella, ndi Jessie. Tsoka ilo, iwo anakumana ndi zowawa za kutaya Everett mu 1870 ndi Willie mu 1895. Banja lawo linakhala ku Sumner County, Tennessee. Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, chosadziwika bwino ndikuti Ella anali ndi dzina lapakati - dzina lake lonse kukhala Ella Evans Harper.

Ella Harper - nkhani yoiwalika ya 'Camel Girl' 1
Abambo a Ella a William Harper ndi amayi a Minerva Ann Childress.

Ella adabadwa ndi chilema chosowa komanso chosazolowereka cha mawondo obwerera m'mbuyo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti miyendo yake igwadire mbali inayo. Chikhalidwe cha matenda achilendowa ndichosowa kwambiri ndipo sichidziwika, komabe, mitundu yambiri yazachipatala yamasiku ano imamupatsa mtundu wamankhwala komanso mawonekedwe apamwamba kwambiri Kubadwa Kwatsopano Recurvatum - yomwe imadziwikanso kuti "kupunduka kwa bondo lakumbuyo." Mawondo ake opindika modabwitsa komanso amakonda kuyenda pa anayi onse adamupatsa dzina lodziwika bwino 'The Camel Girl.'

Ella Harper ndi chonyamulira chake mu masewero a circus

Zikuoneka kuti anayamba ntchito yake mu circus sideshow mu October 1884, makamaka akuchita St. Louis ndi New Orleans. Komabe, sizinali mpaka chaka chake chomaliza chosewera pomwe adayamba kuyenda ndi ziwonetsero.

Mu 1886, Ella anali nyenyezi yotchuka ya WH Harris's Nickel Plate Circus, yemwe nthawi zambiri amawonekera limodzi ndi ngamila poperekedwa kwa omvera ndipo anali wodziwika m'manyuzipepala amatauni aliwonse omwe circus amayendera. Manyuzipepala amenewo adanenetsa Ella kuti "Chodabwitsa kwambiri m'chilengedwe kuyambira pomwe dziko lidalengedwa" ndipo iye "Mnzake sanakhaleko."

Ella Harper - nkhani yoiwalika ya 'Camel Girl' 2
WH Harris's Nickel Plate Circus.

Zotsatsa zambiri zamanyuzipepala zimamutcha kuti ali "Gawo ngamila". Pambuyo pake mu Meyi wa 1886, manyuzipepala ena adamuwuza kuti ndiwachinyengo ndipo “Anali chabe msungwana wowoneka bwino amene mawondo ake ankatembenukira kumbuyo osati kutsogolo.” Mwina, pachifukwa ichi, Ella asiya ntchito yake yamasewera kumapeto kwa 1886.

Kumbuyo kwa khadi lakumapeto la Ella la 1886 - lomwe limagwiritsidwa ntchito kupatsa makasitomala am'mbali - ndizocheperako kwambiri pazidziwitso zake:

Ndimatchedwa mtsikana wa ngamila chifukwa mawondo anga amayang'ana kumbuyo. Nditha kuyenda bwino kwambiri m'manja ndi m'mapazi monga mukuwonera pachithunzichi. Ndayenda kwambiri mu bizinesi yowonetsa kwazaka zinayi zapitazi ndipo tsopano, awa ndi 1886 ndipo ndikufuna kusiya bizinesi ndikuwonetsa kusukulu kuti ndikakwanitse ntchito ina.

Zikuwoneka kuti Ella adapitilirabe kumakampani ena, ndipo ndalama zake $ 200 pamlungu, zomwe zikufanana ndi $ 5000 pa sabata lero, zikuyenera kuti zidatsegula zitseko zambiri kwa iye. Zimanenedwa kuti, atasiya chiwonetserocho, Ella amapita kunyumba, mwachidziwikire kuti amapita kusukulu ndikukhala moyo wapadera. Pambuyo pa 1886, palibe zambiri zomwe zikupezeka pa moyo wa Ella kwazaka zambiri. Zikuwoneka kuti amangosowa m'mbiri.

Moyo wa Ella Harper pambuyo pake

Pa June 28, 1905, Ella Harper anamanga ukwati ndi Robert L. Savely ku Sumner County. Poyambirira mphunzitsi wapasukulu, Savely pambuyo pake adakhala woyang'anira mabuku kukampani yomwe imagwira ntchito bwino pazithunzi.

Ella anabala mwana wamkazi pa April 27, 1906, ndipo anamutcha dzina lakuti Mabel Evans Savely. Dzina lapakati la Ella ndi mwana wake wamkazi Mabel linali lofanana. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, amayi ndi mwana wamkazi anali ndi dzina limodzi lapakati. Mwatsoka, moyo wa Mabel wamng'ono unafupikitsidwa ali ndi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pamene anamwalira pa October 1, 1906.

Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, Ella ndi mwamuna wake anasamukira ku Davidson County (Nashville) - yomwe ili pafupi ndi Sumner County. Ella, mwamuna wake, ndi amayi ake ankakhala limodzi ku Nashville pa 1012 Joseph Avenue.

Pambuyo pake mu 1918, Ella ndi Robert anatenga mwana wamkazi wotchedwa Jewel Savely, komabe, nayenso anamwalira patangopita miyezi itatu.

Ataona zinthu zambirimbiri m’moyo wake, Ella anamwalira pa December 19, 1921, nthawi ya 8:15 m’mawa kunyumba kwawo chifukwa cha khansa ya m’matumbo. Mwamuna wake ndiye anali wodziwitsa za satifiketiyo ndipo zikuwonetsa kuti adayikidwa m'manda a Spring Hill ku Nashville.

Manda a Ella Harper ku Manda a Spring Hill

Manda a Spring Hill ali pa Gallatin Pike molunjika kuchokera ku Manda a Nashville National. Spring Hill ndi manda akulu omwe akhala akuzungulira mwanjira ina kuyambira koyambirira kwa ma 1800 koma adangokhala ndi maliro kuyambira ma 1990. Manda a Ella amapezeka mu Gawo B lakale lakale la manda mkati mwa Harper Family Plot. Amayi a Ella, a Minerva adamwalira mu 1924.


Pansipa pali vidiyo ya YouTube ya mayi wachichepere ku France yemwe pakadali pano ali ndi vuto lofanana ndi la Ella ndipo ikuthandizani kudziwa momwe moyo wa Ella ukadakhalira.


Zambiri zotengedwa kuchokera: Kupeza Ella wolemba Ray Mullins, Wikipedia ndi boldsky