
ProverbHuman Nature
American origin1946
Behind every great man is a great woman
Meaning: Significant male achievement typically depends on crucial female support, often unrecognized or uncredited.
Origin: The first known printing is in a Texas newspaper in 1946, where a football quarterback said, "They say behind every great man there's a woman," suggesting it was already familiar. It credits wives and partners with an unseen share in men's success, and has been debated since for keeping women behind rather than beside.
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