by Michele Genthon | Aug 18, 2021 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Religion
In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the First Woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Her younger sister, Emily Blackwell, was the third. Together the two sisters founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children which later became a medical college...
by Michele Genthon | May 26, 2021 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
In the 1950’s, when television was still new and open to experimentation, seven women assisted at its birth: Martha Rountree, Hazel Scott, Anna May Wong, Gertrude Berg, Betty White, and Lucille Ball. They were not the only women in early television, but these...
by Michele Genthon | May 6, 2021 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Many of us still remember the affable Walt Disney we often saw on television. This smiling man with a twinkle in his eye hired women from the beginning of his career in animation and recognized their creativity; he did not, however, pay them well nor publicly...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 26, 2021 | FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
Effa Manley was the first (and only) woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. She also may have been the First Black Woman but there is some uncertainty about her ethnicity. She certainly had a black stepfather, married a black man, and identified as...
by Michele Genthon | Feb 12, 2021 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Sports and Adventure
With all those brawny guys on the field for the 2021 Super Bowl, it might have been easy to overlook the women who were making history. Since women often make history quietly, and on the sidelines, this is probably fitting, but one should stop and celebrate. Referee...
