Zokhudza Mwezi wa Mbiri ya Akazi
Mwezi wa Mbiri ya Akazi unachokera ku chikondwerero cha sabata imodzi ku California mu 1978. Okonza adasankha sabata ya pa 8 Marichi.th kuti zigwirizane ndi Tsiku la Akazi Padziko Lonse. Kayendetsedwe kameneka kanafalikira m'dziko lonselo pamene madera ambiri anayamba kuyambitsa Masabata awo a Mbiri ya Akazi. Nyumba yamalamulo inapereka Lamulo la Anthu 100-9 mu 1987, lomwe linasankha mwezi wa Marichi kukhala Mwezi wa Mbiri ya Akazi. Mwezi wa Mbiri ya Akazi ndi nthawi yozindikira ndikukondwerera zopereka zofunika zomwe akazi apereka ku chikhalidwe, chikhalidwe, ndi mbiri - nthawi zambiri poyang'anizana ndi kuchotsedwa ndi kusalingana. Izi zikutikumbutsa kuti kupita patsogolo kumapangidwa ndi akazi ambiri omwe kulimba mtima kwawo ndi kudzipereka kwawo kunakulitsa mwayi kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo ndipo akupitilizabe kulimbikitsa magulu achilungamo ndi chilungamo masiku ano.
Kuzindikira Akazi Osunga Nyali
Pa Mwezi wa Mbiri ya Akazi, tikuzindikira gulu la anthu okonza njira omwe zopereka zawo nthawi zambiri sizimaganiziridwa: akazi osunga nyali. M'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi m'madzi a ku United States, akaziwa adasunga zizindikiro zofunika kwambiri za chitetezo, kupulumutsa miyoyo ndikutsutsa zomwe amayembekezera nthawi yawo.
Akazi osunga nyumba zowunikira sanali osamalira kuwala kokha; anali anthu oyamba omwe sanamvere malamulo a anthu ndipo anatsegula njira m'dziko la nyanja lomwe linkalamulidwa ndi amuna. Limodzi mwa ntchito zoyambirira zomwe sizinali zachipembedzo m'boma la US zomwe akazi ankagwira ntchito zinali za oyang'anira nyumba zowunikira. (US Coast Guard, nd). Palibe mfundo zovomerezeka zomwe zinaletsa akazi kukhala oyang'anira nyumba zowunikira. Nthawi zambiri, akazi, alongo, ndi ana aakazi a oyang'anira amuna ankatenga udindo wosamalira nyumba zowunikira pamene achibale awo aamuna ankadwala kapena kufa. Izi zinapangitsa kuti ena mwa akazi oyamba asankhidwe okha kukhala oyang'anira nyumba zowunikira, zomwe zinawathandiza kuti azisamalira mabanja awo okha. Azimayi ambiri omwe anasankhidwa anatumikira dziko lawo kwa zaka zambiri, kukhala otsogolera akazi ena m'munda wa panyanja panthawi yomwe ntchito ya akazi inali yochepa kwambiri. Pakati pa 1828 ndi 1905, akazi osachepera 122 anali ndi udindo waboma woyang'anira nyumba zowunikira. (Manda a Arlington National, 2022).
Ida Lewis: Woyambitsa Mbiri ya Zam'madzi

Idawalley (Ida) Lewis anali mkazi wotchuka kwambiri woyang'anira nyali m'mbiri ya US. Anali mwana wamkazi wa Captain Hosea Lewis, yemwe ankagwira ntchito mu Revenue Cutter Service -- amene anatsogolera Coast Guard -- yomwe inamusankha kuti azilondera Lime Rock Light Station mu 1853. Mu 1857, Hosea Lewis anadwala sitiroko, ndipo mkazi wake, Zoradia, anakhala woyang'anira nyali. Komabe, popeza Zoradia nayenso ankayenera kusamalira mwamuna wake wodwala ndi ana ake aang'ono, Ida wachinyamata anathandiza amayi ake kusamalira ntchito zake zambiri ndi nyali, zomwe zinayambitsa tsogolo lake monga ngwazi yapamadzi. Ida Lewis anayamba kusamalira nyali ya Lime Rock ali ndi zaka 15 pamodzi ndi makolo ake, mpaka mu 1879 pamene anasankhidwa kukhala woyang'anira nyaliyo.
Ida Lewis ankadziwika kale kuti "mkazi wolimba mtima kwambiri ku America" ndipo anali woyang'anira Lime Rock Light Station m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Newport, Rhode Island, ku US Lighthouse Service kuyambira mu 1879 mpaka pamene anamwalira mu 1911. (Arlington National Cemetery, 2022). Kutchuka kwa Lewis ndi chidwi cha anthu onse pa chithunzi chake zinatsutsa malingaliro achikhalidwe okhudza kugonana. Ntchito monga kuyatsa nyali ndi kuyang'ana m'mphepete mwa nyanja moleza mtima nthawi zambiri zinkaonedwa ngati ntchito "zapakhomo", motero kulola akazi kukhala oyang'anira popanda kusokoneza malingaliro achikhalidwe okhudza ukazi panthawiyo. Ngakhale izi, kutchuka kwa Lewis kunawonetsa nkhani yovuta kwambiri: ya ungwazi.
Lewis anathandiza kuteteza madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja m'dzikolo, ndipo khama lake linapulumutsa miyoyo yosachepera 18 pa nthawi yomwe ankayang'anira nyumba yowunikira magetsi, kuphatikizapo asilikali angapo ochokera ku Fort Adams yapafupi. Komabe, nkhani zosavomerezeka zimati anapulumutsa anthu okwana 36. (Manda a Arlington National, 2022Ntchito yake inali yozama kwambiri kotero kuti mu 1869, Lewis adapatsidwa Mendulo Yopulumutsa Moyo ya Golide ndi Lighthouse Service, chokongoletsera chapamwamba kwambiri chopulumutsa moyo mdzikolo, ndipo adachezeredwa ndi Purezidenti Ulysses S. Grant. Ida Lewis anali mkazi yekhayo amene adalandira ulemu wotere mpaka 2020, pomwe Ann Rothpletz adapatsidwa mendulo chifukwa chopulumutsa msodzi yemwe adamira mu Mtsinje wa Ohio. (Manda a Arlington National, 2022).

Ntchito ya Lewis inali yosintha kwambiri kotero kuti mu 1924, Lighthouse Service inasintha dzina la Lime Rock Light Station kukhala Ida Lewis Rock Light Station. Kuphatikiza apo, mu 2018, Arlington National Cemetery inapereka malo ake a Millennium okwana maekala 27 kwa iye, zomwe zinapangitsa Lewis kukhala mkazi woyamba kulemekezedwa ndi msewu m'manda womwe unatchulidwa dzina lake.
Venus Parker: Kupitiriza kwa Cholowa cha Ida Lewis
Udindo wa Ida Lewis m'mbiri ya zapamadzi unathandiza kutsegulira njira akazi ena omwe anali oyang'anira nyumba zowunikira, kuphatikizapo Venus Parker. Venus Parker ndi m'modzi mwa akazi akuda ochepa omwe timawadziwa omwe anali ndi nyumba zowunikira. Anali mkazi wa William Major Parker, yemwe anali woyang'anira nyumba zowunikira zakuda wotchuka yemwe adapambana mavuto ambiri amitundu yosiyanasiyana pantchito yake. Kuyambira mu 1886 mpaka 1911, William anali woyang'anira Killock Shoal Lighthouse, yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Accomack County, Virginia. Malinga ndi gawo la Chesapeake la US Lighthouse Society, William atamwalira mu 1912, Venus adatenga udindo woyang'anira nyumba yowunikira kwa miyezi ingapo. (Chaputala cha ChesapeakeNgakhale kuti anali atavutika maganizo ndi imfa ya mwamuna wake, Venus ankadziwa kufunika koti kuwala kupitirizebe kuwala.

Kuswa Zopinga pa Nyanja: Kulemekeza Akazi Omwe Anatsogolera Njira
Akazi osunga nyali monga Ida Lewis ndi Venus Parker akuwonetsa kulimba mtima, kudzipereka, ndi kulimba mtima komwe kunapanga mbiri ya America. Utumiki wawo sunangoteteza miyoyo yambiri komanso unatsutsa malire omwe akazi adayikidwa panthawi ya kusalingana kwakukulu pakati pa anthu. Pamene tikulemekeza Mwezi wa Mbiri ya Akazi, nkhani zawo zimatikumbutsa kuti kupita patsogolo nthawi zambiri kumachitika chifukwa cha kudzipereka kolimba mtima, kulimba mtima, komanso kutsimikiza mtima kosalekeza kuti kuwala kukhale kowala kwa ena.
Onaninso blog ina yolemekeza oyang'anira nyali za akazi pafupi ndi malo osungiramo madzi a m'nyanja a dziko lolembedwa ndi Elizabeth Moore: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/may23/beacons-of-history.html (Elizabeth Whitney Williams, Beaver Island Harbor Lighthouse ndi Little Traverse Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Anna Garrity, Presque Isle Lighthouse, Lake Huron, Michigan, Rebecca ndi Abigail Bates, Scituate, Massachusetts, Venus Parker, Killick Shoal Light, Virginia Rebecca Flaherty, Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, Laura Hecox, Santa Cruz Lighthouse, California, ndi Julia Williams, Santa Barbara Lighthouse, California)




