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The Important Role of a Woman
T
HERE
IS
A
maxim which says: There is a woman
at the beginning of all great things.
One example in this case is that of NancyAlwa
Edison, the mother of Thomas Alwa Edison, (d.
1931) the famous scientist whose discoveries in
science number more than a 1000. It was Nancy
Edison, a school teacher, who worked hard to add
the name of Thomas Edison to the list of the
world’s greatest scientists.
Edison’s hearing was impaired from birth. He
could not hear properly, and was thus expelled
from school. But his mother was not one to give
up easily. She took the responsibility of educating
her son and home-schooled him, arranging for
all his educational requirements. Edison
acknowledged the role of his mother in his life:
“She instilled in me the love and the purpose of
learning.”
Everyone can be like Edison’s mother. Every
woman is endowed with the capacity to play this
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