Half an hr agone when I opened Google for the showtime fourth dimension today, I was greeted past times this "doodle" (modified logo) that contained the portrait of a adult woman I couldn't recognize. "Who's that?" I asked myself. And I instantly answered: "It must live on some feminist in addition to the USA fellowship would dear such people to live on pop here." Indeed.
One click is plenty to acquire a bigger motion painting in addition to detect something close Františka Plamínková. (The showtime call is the woman somebody counterpart of Francis, the surname is the feminime describing word derived from a Little Flame. She was born 141 years ago.) Honestly, I was non familiar alongside the call or at least, I didn't realize that I was. At the end, she doesn't fifty-fifty seem to convey a page on the English linguistic communication Wikipedia – something that thousands of Czechs exercise have. This already says a lot close the "non-mainstream" condition of the folks at Google inside the Czech society.
The youngest of 3 sisters, she was born inwards a Prague shoemaker's menage unit of measurement inwards 1875. She is said to convey been a neat speaker in addition to debater, an autodidact who has learned lots of things, a teacher, a schoolhouse bureaucrat, a tourist who has been to all places of Europe. Her appearance seemed attractive to her beau feminists. Feminist issues were basically her principal topic, however. Between 1925 in addition to 1939, she was a Czechoslovak Senator for the National Socialist Party, a democratic political party that had virtually nil to exercise alongside the German linguistic communication Nazi Party although the names may audio similar.
Between 1923 in addition to 1942 (her death), she was the chairperson of the Female National Council, something nosotros unsurprisingly convey never heard of, either.
She fought for the creation of kindergartens in addition to her personal intervention was plenty to abolish the celibate for woman somebody teachers unopen to 1912. As a lawmaker, she was alone looking for ways to brand the laws amend for women in addition to mothers, a one-dimensional pol of a sort.
But aside from this feminist stuff, at that spot convey been features that would brand me handgrip she had to live on a particular person. First, she knew the showtime president of Czechoslovakia Prof Masaryk in addition to his married adult woman really well. She was admired past times Dr Ms Milada Horáková, the most famous (and famously executed) warrior inwards the Czechoslovak anti-communist motility of the belatedly 1940s.
In September 1938, she sent an angry opened upward missive of the alphabet to an arrogant German linguistic communication spoiled brat, bumpkin, in addition to jerk who dared to insult our (second) president Dr Edvard Beneš. The recipient's call was Adolf Hitler. Not bad. ;-) After the occupation, she was offered to move abroad (Scandinavia) but equally a patriot, she refused. She continued to create exercise for her feminist issues inwards the Protectorate. At i moment, she sent a missive of the alphabet to the protectorate State President Dr Emil Hácha – which complained close the absence of women inwards the authorities or somewhere. I don't intend it was the greatest defect of the protectorate, however. She was showtime arrested inwards 1939. Second time, later her paper battle against a collaborationist journalist, Gestapo noticed her in addition to she was executed inwards 1942, during the Heydrichiad menses (the era of German linguistic communication revenges for the exile government' execution of Reinhard Heydrich).
The Czech Wikipedia page describes many of her other activities inwards the Czechoslovak in addition to international feminist movement.
Should many Czechs know close this woman? From some viewpoint, she was exactly a random politician, i of hundreds of comparable First Republic of Czechoslovakia's lawmakers, in addition to i of tens of thousands of non-Jewish Czechs who were murdered past times the Nazis. From some other viewpoint, she was particular in addition to it's a shame that virtually no Czech has an thought who Ms Františka Plamínková was. Aside from her controversial feminist legacy, she was clearly a courageous democrat, too.
Whatever y'all intend close it, the gap betwixt the Czech society's mainstream thinking in addition to the thinking that is mainstream at Google – which is in all probability non far from the USA society's mainstream thinking – is really wide. Ms Plamínková's was exactly the 3rd Czech adult woman who appeared equally a Google Doodle – in addition to it was already i whom almost no Czech knows. The showtime ii women were Božena Němcová, the most famous Czech (19th century) author in addition to author of "The Grandmother"; in addition to Helena Zmatlíková, mid 20th century animator. I know the call of Zmatlíková but I am afraid that the younger generation is no longer familiar alongside her. But I am sure that no living generation is familiar alongside Plamínková.
Plamínková had lots of virtues but it's obvious what is the principal root of the Czech-American gap: it's the mental attitude towards feminism. Virtually no Czech – in addition to I hateful virtually no Czech human being in addition to virtually no Czech adult woman – thinks that the 19th century in addition to early on 20th century feminists are something nosotros should call upward or fifty-fifty celebrate. Every pol has some opinions in addition to having feminist opinions isn't making i better – the converse sounds much to a greater extent than reasonable.
Moreover, fifty-fifty if y'all considered the kindergartens equally neat ideas, she didn't actually invent the concept (the showtime Czech kindergarten was established inwards Prague's Spálená/Burned Street past times ethnic Germans inwards 1862; the principal German linguistic communication inventor was Friedrich Fröebel); in addition to it seems lilliputian to create lots of them, anyway. The communists did then rather easily in addition to nosotros don't celebrate them for that – because it's non hard; in addition to because this excessive emancipation has produced numerous negative effects, too. After the autumn of communism, many aspects of the kindergarten began to change. For example, mini-kindergartens began to rise. The collective pedagogy of many pre-school children is less hot than it was during the communism. People to a greater extent than oft than non handgrip that communism has overshot the emancipation of women in addition to the deconstruction of classic families.
For Google, Plamínková is i of the most famous persons of the Czech history. For almost all Czechs, it's an unknown adult woman who was born to a greater extent than than a century ago. To run into how incredibly unknown Plamínková is amidst Czechs, seek to Google search for her name. You volition acquire the articles close the today's Google Doodle at the top. The showtime ii regular articles are a text on femistory.cz, a feminist spider web log that doesn't convey plenty traffic for Alexa.com to enjoin y'all anything at all, in addition to padesatprocent.cz, a website alongside Alexa.com rank of eight meg or then (at most a few hundred visits a day) that tries to innovate 50% quota for women inwards politics in addition to has already collected 800 signatures from supporters (0.008% of the Czech nation).
There's i to a greater extent than aspect of Google's alternative that makes the appearance of unknown names inevitable. Google sort of wants the men in addition to women shown past times the doodles to live on balanced. But the famous people of the Czech (and world) history are mostly men. Almost every human being in addition to almost every adult woman knows that really well. Women could compete amidst singers, actresses (including sexual activity partners of top Nazis), bosses of charities, athletes (because women in addition to men convey split competitions), in addition to peradventure (but it's non quite clear) amidst writers; but they merely can't compete amidst composers, scientists, inventors, politicians, in addition to generals. If y'all impose 50-50 quotas inwards these in addition to many other occupations, unknown personalities move unavoidable.
Feminism is virtually non-existent inwards Czech Republic today (the women inwards the humanity departments who telephone scream upward themselves "feminists" are partly hired guns paid past times unusual funds) but I intend that it was a negligible fringe political administration or a bizarre inconsequential bias during Plamínková's years, too. Now, Google CZ has tried to detect a famous Czech feminist. (The 19th century author Ms Karolina Světlá in addition to a few others would in all probability live on to a greater extent than well-known Czech "feminists" but it was soundless a cast of feminism that wasn't combative or anti-male inwards whatever way.)
What close the side past times side Google CZ doodle? Will nosotros larn close some famous Czech history's warrior for the rights of an ethnic minority or something similar that? Because I really don't convey a clue who it could be. Google may seek to spread such memes in addition to cults but these efforts volition almost for sure fail. I intend that Plamínková volition live on close equally unknown tomorrow equally she was yesterday. People are exactly non excited close feminism allow lone its history inwards the Czech lands.
Almost everyone agrees that nosotros don't demand in addition to nosotros didn't e'er demand feminism in addition to that the ideas that feminists are talking close don't comprise whatever recipe or value to improve our society.
Google is in all probability non going to pay much for its surprising doodles. The pure search engine of Google currently beats its Czech challenger Seznam.cz (the call is a "directory" or a "list") past times a little margin. However, when all other affiliated websites are added to both companies, Seznam.cz soundless safely prevails over Google inwards the Czech lands.
By the way, Google's disconnect from the Czech social club in addition to basic information is rather clear at Google's page alongside details close Plamínková. For example, nosotros larn that inwards 1875, Plamínková's native province was "Czechoslovakia". Wow. The native province was called Austro-Hungarian Empire (and the province of her top was known equally the Third Reich). Plamínková is described equally a community organizer; I've heard that label somewhere. Also: "Our Czech colleagues asked for emphasis on Plamínková's leadership inwards advancing career potential for working mothers." These colleagues in all probability wanted to depict her equally a champion of kindergartens because they saw that it was soundless to a greater extent than sensible than what the USA colleagues wanted to emphasize.
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