Who is your favorite historical figure?
Today’s blog topic really got me thinking? Who are the important people in history whom I admire and one of them is still living today.
Probably, the woman from history that is important to me would be Helen Keller, she didn’t let her disability hold her back. Being deaf and blind didn’t stop Helen from making a lasting impact on the world 🌎. She is probably the most influential disability advocate in history.
The other woman that I see as being historically significant is Sandi Toksvig. Many people would be familiar with Sandi as the female host of QI. She is quite amazing in her own right. She is on a campaign to make sure that important women in history get written about on Wikipedia, as there is a lack of this happening. When she visited Melbourne last year, she was excited to see the old women’s public toilets in the city of Melbourne. Apparently, Melbourne’s female public toilets are historically significant because Melbourne was the first city in the world 🌎 to build public toilets for women. This is extremely important because before then, women had to work in close proximity to where they lived because there were no conveniences for them in cities. These public toilets meant that women could come and work in the city, because there were conveniences for them. Thank you, Sandi, for letting us know how important women’s history doesn’t get lost or forgotten about. The fact that Sandi is a very witty, funny comedian makes her all the more important and relevant. So yes, Sandi is one of my most favourite historic figures.
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