Outrage on Helen Keller

The more I think about what we read on Helen Keller the more angry I get at the educational system. Honestly why is it that students learn about powerful men who go against the grain but are denied the opportunity to learn about all the powerful women who did extraordinary things? Every child knows about the power and courage of Martin Luther King, Jr. and FDR, but when it comes to women, they are taught the socially correct version of their lives. Rosa Parks is seen as a poor tired old woman rather than the determined activist that she was. Eleanor Roosevelt is depicted as a good wife of an incredible president who helped him to achieve his goals. In truth, Eleanor spent her husband's four terms in the presidency fighting with him about anything and everything she felt it necessary to fight for. Not only were many of the social programs FDR is credited for her idea, but when he got sick in his last term in the presidency she effectively became the president and made all the decisions with absolutely no recognition. I am both amazed and outraged that our educational system still represents a male orientated view of the world and at the risk of sounding like a crazy feminist, I think its about time things were changed to credit women with the accomplishments they have made.