Author: Li Qiaoer
01 genius inventor Thomas Edison
When we refer to "Edison" these three words, his mind must first think of the famous inventor Thomas Edison and the "lamp."
Edison's full name is Thomas Alva Edison (Thomas Alva Edison). His father was a farmer and his mother was a rural teacher. Edison was the youngest of the seven children in the family.
The poor family economy in childhood was one of the reasons why Edison did not enter a higher education institution. However, he was studious, thoughtful, and outstanding in IQ. During his lifetime, the Chinese Communist Party had 1093 invention patents, including electric lights, phonographs, movie cameras, Alkaline batteries are best known to ordinary people. (Note: Later, after verification by later generations, Edison did not invent the electric light, but improved the electric light, allowing the electric light to enter thousands of households.)
In our impression, Edison is a great inventor, he promoted mankind One of the most important figures in the process of civilization, however, in the movie "Battle of Electricity" released on January 5, 2018, we not only saw the dark side of Edison's human nature, but also saw his marriage.
"The Current War" ("The Current War"), set in the era of the second industrial revolution in the nineteenth century, tells about Edison and the American inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse (George Westinghouse, Jr.) In the field of business and invention, some of the plots describe Edison's married life through various detailed scenes and shots, which let us see the grounded side of the genius inventor.
In the movie, Edison and his wife Marie are in harmony, and his wife is a good helper in life. In the end, Edison also invented the phonograph and movie camera because of his love for his wife.
However, Mary was Edison's first wife. Because, in Edison's life, he experienced two marriages.
So, why did he experience two marriages in his life?
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02 His two wives,
Edison, were born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, USA.
According to the astrological theory, Edison is a proper Aquarius. He has the courage to explore and is full of research spirit. Both emotionally and spiritually, he does not like to be restrained. However, Edison is determined to make progress and explore in scientific invention. It is traditional and specific.
In December 1871, Edison and Mary, who had only known each other for only two months, entered into marriage. At that time, Edison was 24 years old and Mary was 16 years old.
Yes, you are right, Mary was only 16 years old when she married Edison.
Mary was Mary Stilwell before she got married. After marrying Edison, she gave birth to a daughter and two sons: Marion Estel Edison, Thomas Alva Edison Jr., William Reis Lee Edison.
Although Mary is eight years younger than Edison, she is very supportive of Edison's work. The most well-known phonograph was invented in 1877 after he and Mary were married for six years.
However, after Mary died of a brain tumor in 1884, Edison was in depression for nearly two years.
until I met Mina Miller.
At that time, Edison was 39 years old and Mina was 19 years old.
Mina comes from a wealthy family. Her father is a businessman who loves invention. He once invented an improved version of the combine harvester.
Mina, like most women, has a soft spot for handsome guys with high IQs. Edison had experienced a marriage and was at the most attractive age of men and accumulated some experience in love.
When Edison pursued Mina, he taught her the Morse code, write love letters with the Morse code, and propose marriage using the Morse code.
's unique pursuit method made the young Mina admire Edison even more, and love began to sprout. Non-Edison did not marry, so on February 24, 1886, Mina married in Akron, Ohio. To Edison, but also to EddieGave birth to a daughter and two sons: Madeleine Edison, Charles Edison, Theodore Edison.
Among them, the second son Charles took over General Electric Company after the death of his father Edison and ran for the governor of New Jersey.
Edison and Mina lived together for 45 years. On October 18, 1931, Edison, suffering from chronic nephritis, uremia, and diabetes, left the world in his sleep at his home in West Orange, New Jersey, USA.
Since then, Mina has not remarried. 16 years after Edison's death, in 1945, Mina, who was 80 years old, also went to meet Edison.
03 They gave him more family warmth
See here, do you have one discovery: Edison's two loves and marriages, he chose women much younger than him.
Moreover, at that time, the United States experienced the first and second industrial revolutions and after World War II, the labor supply was tight. Most women began to get out of the family and participate in various jobs in society, receive wages, and even enter the leadership class. Let American women gradually have more voice and economic power in society and family.
However, Mary and Mina share a common feature in this huge flood of social change, that is, they appear as green leaves in marriage and emotion, and they have no intention of breaking into Edison’s career. Taking care of her husband and children as her own duty, which was relatively rare for American women at the time.
However, the choice of Mary and Mina, intentionally or unintentionally, gave the marriage more family tenderness, and also allowed Edison to have more time and energy to devote himself to his career, becoming one of the greatest inventors in the world .
04 How important is the sense of family warmth?
Some readers may say: "Qiaoer, don't you agree that women return to the family to be a full-time housewife?" Housewives, after all, no matter in the past or in the present, countless life stories tell us that when a woman has independent financial ability, she can achieve true self-esteem and self-reliance.
I agree that when women have independent financial capabilities, they must also have the ability to carry their own choices. Whether they choose to be full-time housewives or professional women, they can clearly realize that they have the ability to give to the family. A sense of tenderness is very important to the stability of marriage and love.
And what is the warmth of the family?
It is not only a considerate combination of children and husband and wife, but also our reverence for marriage and love, the respect for each other and the fulfillment of each other. The above is the sense of family warmth I think.
Whether you are a man or a woman, you always hope to harvest and get more warmth in your marriage. If you have a consensus on this, you can show your own presence in marriage and bring long-term warmth and touch to the other party. Even if it is parting halfway, the hugs and dedications that have been used can be solidified into amber.
