5.15.2010

Mash up of 3 news articles

Like many great women Helen Keller’s full story is getting lost. The deaf and blind child who found language at a water pump became an international celebrity and advocate for women's rights.

As is the case with many great women, Helen Keller has been lost in history because we don't tell her full story. Far too often we remember famous women for simply one thing. For instance, we remember Rosa Parks as the woman who refused to get off the bus because she was tired. In reality, she was a long-time civil rights activist who was tired of being mistreated because she was a woman of color. The same goes for Susan B. Anthony who is now remembered as the woman on the dollar coin, instead of the famous abolitionist and suffragist. Behind these icons are stories of amazing women who changed our world. Nowadays, female power is getting wider and wider.

In Germany, before Angela Merkel become the chancellor of Germany, the women's magazine Brigitte crowed in a headline, "We're Going To Be Chancellor!" Finally, the polls indicated, Germany was going to get a woman chancellor.

On the other hand, women remain their traditional natural charming character-----female beauty. Miranda Kerr is a famous Australian supermodel. But, How Miranda Kerr and a stockbroker made it on to the same news segment? In Australia, David Kiely, a stockbroker with Macquarie Private Wealth can now boast that has is claim to fame. He was looking at nude photos of Kerr he received via email when the Channel 7 news crossed over to a colleague for his opinion on interest rates – unfortunately for Kiley his computer screen is in full view of the television cameras and he was looking at nude photos of Miranda Kerr. Some sharp eyes spotted the activity on Kiely’s screen and the whole thing went viral. The Australian are reporting that Kiely, who works as a stockbroker at the company, will be meeting with his bosses to determine his future at the company while human resources has emailed all employees with their internet policy to refamiliarize themselves with. Woman powder is soft and strong!

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