It is bothersome that, of the 365 days in a year, there's only one that's meant to commemorate women. True, March is also technically Women's History Month, but that's not as recognized as Black History Month (and hey, did you know that November is Native American Heritage month? I'll bet you didn't). To put it lightly, to represent any minority with a day or a month is more or less a conundrum: "Hey, sorry you've been all oppressed and misrepresented and stuff, nice job still being tough and overcoming obstacles. Can't we just give you, like, a Monday in March and call it even?"
Honestly, I would hate being a white man. You never get the opportunity to be interesting or badass.
Despite my misgivings about the whole "you get one day, ladies" thing, I would like to take this opportunity to point out a few of my favorites, the women that I'd have on my Fantasy Football Except Not Football, More Like Historical Figures Or Something team. If you don't know them, Google them. Learn a little somethin'. Most of these gals should be familiar, though:
Abigail Adams
"Remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation." Basically, yeah.
Ada Lovelace
First computer programmer. Take that, nerds.
Clara Bow
Star of the silent screen, the original "IT" girl, helped re-define femininity and, with her flapper image, helped open the doors for female sexual freedom.
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Virginia Woolf
"The story of men's opposition to women's emancipation is perhaps more interesting than the story of the emancipation itself."
Kate Chopin
Wrote The Awakening, possibly the first true work of Women's Fiction in the United States.
Dorothy Parker
Wit extraordinaire, poet, socialite, co-founder of the New Yorker, my personal goal in life.
Marie Curie
First person to win two Nobel Prizes. In case you didn't know.
Mary Seacole
The other heroic nurse in the Crimean War.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
First female senator from New York, first First Lady to run for elected office. Oh yeah, and she was almost president.
My Mom
Quite possibly the best.
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