How moms shape the world | Anna Malaika Tubbs (re-release)
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Anna Malaika Tubbs discusses the significant yet often overlooked impact of mothers on history and society.
Mothers undeniably impact and shape history -- but their stories are often left out or misrepresented, says sociologist and author Anna Malaika Tubbs. This erasure limits policies to support mothers and their essential roles in society. Citing the remarkable lives of Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin (the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin, respectively), Tubbs emphasizes the need to shift the perspective on motherhood at a cultural level -- to better reflect the presence, power and influence of moms as our first leaders, caretakers and teachers. "Would the world be different today if we had been telling their stories all along?" she asks. (This episode originally aired in 2022.) Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: TED
Guest: Anna Malaika Tubbs
Topics covered
- motherhood
- sociology
- history
- cultural representation
- influence of mothers
Keywords
- mothers
- history
- sociology
- cultural representation
- Alberta King
- Louise Little
- Berdis Baldwin
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Malcolm X
- James Baldwin
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