NephthysWanderer the Charming wrote:
Am I the only one that thinks what she did was WAAAAY overrated?
I wouldn't say over-rated but certainly even she didn't think it would turn out to be the monumental action that it was.
I listened to an old interview with her this morning. Some stories led people to believe that she didn't get up because her feet hurt from working on them all day. She said that wasn't the case at all, but that she didn't get up because she had decided to make her stand. Other activists before her had already tried this, it wasn't even really an original idea.
It may have just been the right time in the right place, but Rosa undeniably a very special human being. She was extremely soft spoken but reportedly had the inner strength of a lion. She and her husband had been committed activists before this event and she continued fighting for equal rights afterwards.
So, yes had she given up her seat that day her name would not likely be a historical one. She would still, however, have been a hero.
RIP