Merkel and the great female Titans of the XX century: true role models!
Angela Merkel is amazing leader, a woman who has been leading Germany through some good years, some tough international crisis, and it is a shame that people have been talking about her shaking fits and inquiring about her ability to govern, instead of showing solidarity and concern about her health. Nothing she has done, or has been doing, demonstrates, or even hints at any kind of incompetence on her part, as a statesperson.
She is not the Queen of England, a creature of protocol, she is a thinking human being! She is an inspiring role model, at least to me, as other women of her stature were, on my formative years. I looked up to Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher (no, not Madre Teresa, please!). I admired women who made a difference in the world because of their intelligence, character, strength, and will.
They were proof that women could help raise a country from a desert in post war middle east, lead it through wars, made it thrive.
They showed us women were capable of playing the hard politics of a multi-ethnic newly independent country, after centuries of colonial rule, and she fought hard for respect and acknowledgement for her India.
They showed us women were able to be big players in the cold war era, the hard years after the oil crisis, and pushing for change. They made mistakes, they also had great achievements, and for girls like me, in the 70´s and 80´s, they were larger than life.
They were wives, mothers, grandmothers, professionals, leaders, to sum it up, they were women living their lives to their full potential.
Merkel has a seat among them, in my opinion. She is low profile, but she has not held office for so long for nothing. Germany is Europe´s juggernaut under her watch, and she keeps the engine running. She will pass the baton, I know, and I hope I can see her doing it with dignity.
I don´t care about singers, actresses, models, performers. I care about scientists, intellectuals, people who work on public policies, who steer the life of the nations. Women on these jobs are my inspiration, and it is a shame girls don´t pay attention to them, or think they are boring! Kids, these ladies are the real thing!
She is not the Queen of England, a creature of protocol, she is a thinking human being! She is an inspiring role model, at least to me, as other women of her stature were, on my formative years. I looked up to Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher (no, not Madre Teresa, please!). I admired women who made a difference in the world because of their intelligence, character, strength, and will.
They were proof that women could help raise a country from a desert in post war middle east, lead it through wars, made it thrive.
They showed us women were capable of playing the hard politics of a multi-ethnic newly independent country, after centuries of colonial rule, and she fought hard for respect and acknowledgement for her India.
They showed us women were able to be big players in the cold war era, the hard years after the oil crisis, and pushing for change. They made mistakes, they also had great achievements, and for girls like me, in the 70´s and 80´s, they were larger than life.
They were wives, mothers, grandmothers, professionals, leaders, to sum it up, they were women living their lives to their full potential.
Merkel has a seat among them, in my opinion. She is low profile, but she has not held office for so long for nothing. Germany is Europe´s juggernaut under her watch, and she keeps the engine running. She will pass the baton, I know, and I hope I can see her doing it with dignity.
I don´t care about singers, actresses, models, performers. I care about scientists, intellectuals, people who work on public policies, who steer the life of the nations. Women on these jobs are my inspiration, and it is a shame girls don´t pay attention to them, or think they are boring! Kids, these ladies are the real thing!
Comentários
Postar um comentário