Making History

You may never have heard of historian, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, but you probably have heard or seen her quote: "Well-behaved women rarely make history." See what she did there? Don't think about it; feel it. What are you supposed to assume? Well-behaved women don't mean much; it's the outlandish that make history. That's what's important.

You see, making history is important. You know, like Adolf Hitler who continues to be the standard of evil against which others will compare ... oh, wait, no, that's not right. No, how about Lenin? He united a nation from under an evil government and issued in communism, bringing peace to his land. When he announced the policy of Red Terror, a civil war ensued that killed an estimated 10 million Russians ... no, no, that's not right. We're talking about women. You know, like Lizzie Borden, one of the most famous killers of our time ... oh, wait a minute, that's not right either. Okay, okay, how about this one? Benazir Bhutto was the first female Prime Minister to be elected to govern in a Muslim nation, the country of Pakistan. There you go. She was deposed 20 months later when the president of Pakistan dissolved the Parliament, but she didn't fade. She was re-elected in 1993 ... and fired three years later for corruption. Um, bad example? How about the famous Bonnie Parker? No, that isn't right either.

Wait, wait ... I seem to have gotten lost here. What was the point? Oh, yeah! It's good to make history ... right? Well, maybe not.