The idea of the Great Man Theory is that men, especially white men, have been the primary shapers of history and that they are superior in most ways and that they are the best leaders. There are so many things in history about women that are untold and left in the past. This made me think about when we were talking about MLK in class and we started talking about Rosa Parks. We all know Rosa Park’s name, but there was a woman(Claudette Colvin) who did what she is known for before Parks and nobody even knows her name. Both Parks and Claudette Colvin who is unrecognized should both be important historical figures in our textbooks. But because men were always the superior leaders, we mostly only know their names.<\/p>\n
The feminists in this podcast want to put these unrecognized women in the spotlight as they should be. The accomplishments of women and minorities are silenced and put below the the things that the white man has done. It is going to be interesting to see when the Great Man Theory isn’t relavant anymore in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The idea of the Great Man Theory is that men, especially white men, have been the primary shapers of history and that they are superior…<\/p>\n