Sarah Lees
Dame Sarah Anne Lees DBE DStJ ( née Buckley ; 13 Nuwamba 1842 - 14 Afrilu 1935) na Werneth Park, Oldham, yarsiyasan Ingilishi ne, mai fafutuka, kuma mai taimakon jama'a, ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaɓa kansila a Lancashire (1907-19) kuma mace ta farko Magajin Garin Oldham. (1910–11), itace mace ta biyu ce kawai a Ingila da ta riƙe irin wannan matsayi.

Sana'a 
An haifi Lees a Mossley, Greater Manchester, a cikin 1842. A ranar 30 ga Yuli 1874, ta auri Charles Edward Lees JP (1840–1894) na Werneth Park a Oldham, Lancashire, dangi na Oldham MP John Frederick Lees.

Bayan Majalisar Dokokin Mata ta zartas da Dokar Cancantar Mata ta 1907, Lees ta zama mace ta farko da aka zaba zuwa Majalisar Garin Oldham, mai wakiltar Hollinwood Ward. Tuni a cikin shekarunta 60s, an nada Lees mace ta farko mai 'Yanci ta Gundumar Oldham a cikin Nuwamba 1909. Ta zama Magajin Garin Oldham a shekara mai zuwa, mace ta biyu ce kaɗai da aka naɗa da wannan take a Ƙasar Ingila. 

A wani biki a ranar 28 ga Yuli 1927, Lees ta buɗe "The Nook" Asibitin Convalescent, Greenfield. Bikin ya samu halartar magajin garin Oldham, Alderman Samuel Frith JP, da Dr Thomas Fawsitt (Shugaban tafiyar, na Lees da Fawsitt Ward, Oldham Royal Infirmary). Asibitin ya samo asali ne daga wasiyyar da marigayi Mr HL Hargraves ya yi kuma, tare da jimillar £13,296, an aza harsashin ginin a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1870. An buɗe ginin a ranar 20 ga Satumbar 1872 (da farko an yi nufin Florence Nightingale don buɗe shi amma ta kasa halarta saboda rashin lafiya). Asalin adadin gadaje Asibitoci 24 ne, amma sun karu zuwa 150. A shekara ta 1926, sabbin majinyata 5,206 sun nemi magani, an shigar da hatsarurru 5,349 (1,402 don aikin rediyo), tare da halartar 25,256 don tausa da sassan warkewa na lantarki.

Lees ta kasance tare da cibiyoyi daban-daban na cikin gida: ita ce Shugabar Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Oldham, Gwamna na Makarantar Grammar Hulme, Memba na Kotun Jami'ar Manchester, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Reshen Oldham na League of Nations.

Lees ya mutu yana da shekara 92 a Wereth Park, Oldham, a ranar 14 ga Afrilu 1935.  'Yarta, Marjory Lees (1878-1970), ta gabatar da kadarorin ga mutanen Oldham a cikin 1936 don samar da filin Werneth na jama'a na yanzu.

Girmamawa 
Jami'ar Manchester ta ba Lees lambar yabo ta Daraja ta Doka (LLD) a cikin Yuli 1914. A cikin 1916, an nada ta Lady of Grace (DStJ) na Order of St John na Urushalima. A ranar 25 ga Agusta 1917, an nada ta Dame Kwamandan Order of the British Empire (DBE) don sanin ayyukanta a lokacin yakin duniya na daya.

Dame Sarah Lees Memorial da aka gina a Werneth Park a cikin 1937, mai zane da sculptor na gidan Williams Hargreaves Whitehead ne ya tsara shi kuma tayi.

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Adireshin waje
 Dame Sarah Lees Memorial (1937), National Recording Project, Public Monument and Sculpture Association.