Rosa

When they honored Rosa Parks on NPR they sometimes acknowledged that she 'wasn't the first' to defy The Man. All honor to Rosa, but also to the unsung unknowns who stood alone and were rewarded with a broken nose or a broken neck.....
This morning on NPR again - source of all my information - I heard once more the story of the woman who was raped as punishment to her brother for his supposed affair with a married woman. I believe this was in Pakistan or India. The only significance this woman had was that she could be used to dishonor her brother. As a human being she didn't exist.
I don't think women would do much better than men if they ran the world, but if they participated equally at every level, there would be a wider selection from which to choose our leaders and perhaps then the world would be a better place. Rosa Parks where are you?