The latter-day Chinese have fashioned a gem of wisdom which advises that “women hold up half the sky”.
It is supposed to be their tribute to the status and role of women in China and I expect, universally. Tomorrow is the United Nations-designated International Women’s Day. Even as I now mention here the names of a few stalwart women-warriors straight out of Guyana’s rebel-slave history – Susanna, Phato, Annemary, Comba, Nellie, Amba – I’ll leave it to today’s generation of writers and journalists to research the names and deed of the bold women on whose shoulders of history we now stand. I suspect that supplements and features tomorrow will highlight famous Guyanese women, as well as the foundation role of today’s working-class and professional women.
But this is the month of March. Every month has significance for somebody or some group.
