Comments on: 1950: Milada Horáková, democrat and feminist http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/27/1950-milada-horakova-czechoslova-democrat/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:52:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: The Feminine Mystique http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/27/1950-milada-horakova-czechoslova-democrat/#comment-6654 ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: The Feminine Mystique Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:47:43 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=306#comment-6654 [...] a woman, but our hobby is a noticeably gendered one: whether as common criminals, fallen royals, political prisoners, war criminals, or any other subset of the execution-prone, women who face the headsmen map [...] [...] a woman, but our hobby is a noticeably gendered one: whether as common criminals, fallen royals, political prisoners, war criminals, or any other subset of the execution-prone, women who face the headsmen map [...]

]]> By: Feminism at its Finest: 4th of July Edition | Menstrual Poetry http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/27/1950-milada-horakova-czechoslova-democrat/#comment-4429 Feminism at its Finest: 4th of July Edition | Menstrual Poetry Mon, 18 May 2009 05:23:53 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=306#comment-4429 [...] presents 1950: Milada Horáková, democrat and feminist posted at Executed [...] [...] presents 1950: Milada Horáková, democrat and feminist posted at Executed [...]

]]> By: ian dowie http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/27/1950-milada-horakova-czechoslova-democrat/#comment-4346 ian dowie Mon, 11 May 2009 08:10:51 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=306#comment-4346 Very moving, thank you for for showing me true courage. Very moving, thank you for for showing me true courage.

]]> By: ExecutedToday.com » 1952: Rudolf Slansky and 10 “conspirators” http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/27/1950-milada-horakova-czechoslova-democrat/#comment-2978 ExecutedToday.com » 1952: Rudolf Slansky and 10 “conspirators” Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:26:54 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=306#comment-2978 [...] has been in the thick of present-day disputes in Czechoslovakia’s successor states over whom is due sympathy and recognition for bygone political [...] [...] has been in the thick of present-day disputes in Czechoslovakia’s successor states over whom is due sympathy and recognition for bygone political [...]

]]> By: Renee http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/06/27/1950-milada-horakova-czechoslova-democrat/#comment-1223 Renee Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:49:55 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=306#comment-1223 The reason was not that I loved you little; I love you just as purely and fervently as other mothers love their children. But I understood that my task here in the world was to do you good … by seeing to it that life becomes better, and that all children can live well. … Don’t be frightened and sad because I am not coming back any more. Learn, my child, to look at life early as a serious matter. Life is hard, it does not pamper anybody, and for every time it strokes you it gives you ten blows. Become accustomed to that soon, but don’t let it defeat you. Decide to fight. One must certainly pause and think after reading these words. I had never heard of her before reading your post. Thank you for sharing the story of such a courageous shero. The reason was not that I loved you little; I love you just as purely and fervently as other mothers love their children. But I understood that my task here in the world was to do you good … by seeing to it that life becomes better, and that all children can live well. … Don’t be frightened and sad because I am not coming back any more. Learn, my child, to look at life early as a serious matter. Life is hard, it does not pamper anybody, and for every time it strokes you it gives you ten blows. Become accustomed to that soon, but don’t let it defeat you. Decide to fight.

One must certainly pause and think after reading these words. I had never heard of her before reading your post. Thank you for sharing the story of such a courageous shero.

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