Attitudes and Opinions Make People

Many view Alexander Graham Bell as a communications revolutionary who invented the telephone and created a way for people to communicate to each other over distances by hearing voices and not sending letters. He was revolutionary and he should be praised for his invention. However, Alexander Graham Bell did not deserve praise for his attitude towards the deaf community and woman.


He was born to a deaf mother and had a deaf wife. Because of this he wanted to invent a device that could cure deafness. The telephone was what he invented. Though it did not cure deafness, the process of inventing it showed off who he really was. For my blog today I am presenting a letter that Alexander Graham Bell sent to his wife about his view on womens rights.

Personal Letter from Alexander Grahm Bell to his future wife Mabel Hubbard.
October 5th 1875: The Library of Congress Letter from Bell to Hubbard

In order to understand the real motives of Alexander Grahm Bell, I feel as if you must know his personality. I chose a personal letter to his future fiance as an example of his harsh opinions,

In this period of time, woman were fighting harder than ever for equality between men and women. Some men refused and some agreed with them.

In this letter you see the attitude of many men expressed againt womans rights. That women were being ungrateful and not doing thier part. Alexander expresses his opinion  woman were not of capable knowledge like men and were extremley ungrateful for not excepting all that they had been given.

Alexander Grahm Bell sent this letter to his future wife (they were just sweethearts at the time of this note). A little bit into the letter, you see Alexander Grahm Bell bash womans rights saying that the thought of such is absolutley ridiculous. At the end of the letter he seems to "give in". The real question is if this is a sarcastic letter poking fun at womans right or was it a way of flirtation?