Thursday, March 13, 2008

Wednesday: what day?

Yesterday had too many other things involved in it (mostly work-related), so I never did get to my blog. Let's pretend that didn't happen since in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. Today I'm going to make a list to reassure myself and my readers that the decision not to have children is a perfectly legitimate and not uncommon reproductive choice -- here are some notable people who never had children (with lots of credit to online sources...this list is definitely not off the top of my head -- but I tried to include a variety of people):
  1. Frida Kahlo
  2. Gloria Steinem
  3. Simone de Beauvoir
  4. Oprah
  5. Annie Sullivan (Helen Keller's teacher)
  6. Amelia Earhart
  7. Immanuel Kant (philosopher)
  8. Florence Nightingale
  9. Susan B. Anthony
  10. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
  11. Julia Child
  12. Christopher Walken
  13. Stevie Nicks (singer, of Fleetwood Mac fame)
  14. Katherine Hepburn
  15. Dr. Seuss (and nobody could say he didn't like children, either!)
  16. Jesus of Nazareth (um, argue with that, right?)

Alright, I'll leave it at that for now, even though I assure you that there are plenty more!

1 comment:

Mark said...

Good blog, team!