Correct History And Give Credit To Women

By Sandy Trehy 

I started out on a mission to learn why 50% of the “human” race is credited with a disproportionate amount of “mankind’s” discoveries and inventions.  I have long wondered this, but this recent search was somewhat prompted by learning that brave Saudi women were driving cars in opposition to their male guardian rules and laws, and recording and posting videos in protest.  This kind of subjugation is by no means unusual all over our world, but some of these women were doctors and lawyers.  In this situation, they were permitted to get education, but not allowed to control their lives. Without the control, even brilliant women can not succeed.

Even if you went with the current “Membership composition” of Mensa; “American general membership is “66 percent male, 33 percent female”, it would not explain the disparity of famous inventors… and Mensa is a club you have to want to join, not a census of our population. 

So my hypothesis is that a lot of women who were inventors or made discoveries, were forced to let males put forth their ideas.  Some might have done it just to get their theories considered.  Others may have been forced to keep quiet, and allow a male to take credit. 

Oddly enough, this morning on CBS’s Sunday morning, there was a segment about a movie that is coming out soon.  The story of an artist who’s husband took credit for creating those paintings of big eyed sad children we all grew up with.  The painting were made into posters and greeting cards.  I remember decorating my walls with them when I was young.  It’s not that these paintings are so impressive that they should be compared to masterpieces…  But it is an example of what did happened during our time… We may never know how often it happened.  How many famous male artists can you name, compared to women artists?

So it happened with the arts, too.  

I would love receiving similar articles and examples if you have them. And I would encourage you to pass them on to other intelligent persons, male and females alike.  I think too many of us believe that men did all the important things.  It is important to rewrite history when it is wrong.

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Learned about this on Sunday Morning on CBS today…2nd article -  Behind the sad eyes