The Gazette

Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Opinion

My fellow Langston students, since this is the last edition to "Dani's Word," I decided to write about something more encouraging than controversial. I have talked about men, now I would like to address women everywhere. In this article I want to encourage women by reminding them what we are made of and what we can do.

First women should not be threatened by a society run by masculinity. It is a man's world, but we are the backbone of this country, and have been so for centuries. In history, when the men would go off to fight world wars it was the women who stayed behind to keep the country in order. Women took over their husband's jobs and helped raise money for the war effort. Women also took up positions as mechanics, nurses and tank drivers. In fact, during WWII it wasn't uncommon to see a woman dressed up as a soldier fighting along side men. If we can fight wars and take care of our homes while men are absent, we can do anything.

Women should also realize that we are smart, and our history is full of inventors. It was a woman who created a masterpiece novel, known as "Frankenstein." Because she was a woman, no man would publish her novel. For years, her husband's name was used as the author of the book.

Einstein was not the only great scientists, because a woman by the name of Rosalind Franklin, who first found the DNA strand. Two men by the name of James Watson and Francis Crick stole her discovery; for years they took credit for her scientific findings. Women should look at their history and see that they are just as smart as men, and perhaps even smarter!

Women should also realize that they are powerful beings, and our history shows it. Women are so powerful, that they have started and stopped wars. The Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, single handedly seduced a power-hungry ruler in order to protect her country. It was a woman by the name of Helen who started the Trojan War; it was also a woman by the name of Lysistrata who encouraged women to join together and have a sex-strike against their husbands to stop the Greeks from fighting each other. We have power beyond measure, and today we must utilize it.

Women are survivors, thinkers, inventors, and fighters. We should realize who we are so that we can identify what we want to be. I encourage all women to acknowledge our worth and our accomplishments. We are not second class citizens, and we never have been. We were created second, but God needed to make a rough draft copy before he created the real thing, a woman. I invite all women to think like the famous J. Howard Miller poster of Geraldine Doyle, that says "We can do it!"

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