Nice post here Women I think of
Also Hellen Keller Teresa, one of the bravest of our time. There are a lot On 29 ago, 06:44, Georges Metanomski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Alex P. Real <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm a woman. > > ============== > And by a strange coincidence our little blues-jazz band > started rehearsing my arrangement of "Oh, Lady be Good!" > and, as the poet said "melodies bring memories that linger > in my heart", I let myself be carried away by a reverie. > > My associations with womanhood are impacted by my first > and everlasting love murdered in my eyes as I relate in > "H..."http://findgeorges.com/ROOT/WRITINGS/LITERATURE/h.html > > And, perhaps by the Israeli matriarchate, as well as, > negatively by the hateful machismo of Spain and Islam. > > When I hear "woman", three of them come to my mind: > > 1.Helen Keller, needless to say why. > > 2.Maria Sklodowska Curie, who escaping the pressure of > barbarian, machist Russian occupation became the Queen > of her contemporary Physics. > > 3.Pierrette Paulze - Lavoisier who, at age of 16 completed > Newton's mechanics with her concept of kinetic energy and, > astounding as it may seem, fell into almost complete oblivion. Maybe not so > astonishing after all: > she was a woman; she did not belong to any Academy, none > would accept a woman in 17th Century; and married to Lavoisier she was > overshadowed by him. Not by his fault. > She married him at age of 13 and from the first day became > his full-fledged collaborator, which he emphasized at every occasion so that > the rare cognoscenti who heard > about her call them "Father and Mother of Chemistry". > But there it is, hardly anybody heard about her. > > Alex may be "woman" for her physician or "female" for a > biologist. For me she is a Lady. > > And I sing "Oh, Lady be Welcome!" to the still resonating > in my head tune "Oh, Lady be Good!". > > Who'll join in the chorus? > > Georges. > ============== --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
