by Michele Genthon | Jan 20, 2022 | Aviation and Space, FIRST WOMEN
Ann Baumgartner was the First Woman to pilot a jet airplane. Airplanes enchanted Baumgartner from the day Amelia Earhart, the First Woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, visited her grade school class. She and her father would go to the airport and watch mail...
by Michele Genthon | Jan 6, 2022 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, Aviation and Space, Business and Economics, Contemporary Women, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Most of us would prefer not to look back on 2021, myself included. On the bright side, however, there were more First Women in 2021. Here are just a few of my favorites: Kamala Harris Much is made of the fact that Kamala Harris is the First Black Woman to serve as...
by Michele Genthon | May 26, 2020 | Aviation and Space, FIRST WOMEN
NASA is sending another telescope like the Hubble into space, and it has been named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. For the first time in NASA’s 61-year history, a billion dollar program has been named for a woman. “[Naming the telescope after Roman]...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 17, 2020 | Aviation and Space, FIRST WOMEN
Bessie Coleman was one of the early pioneers of flight. Called “Brave Bessie” and “Queen Bessie,” she reveled in performing daring stunts for startled crowds. She dazzled audiences in spite of two drawbacks: Bessie Coleman was a woman, and she was African American....
by Michele Genthon | Dec 6, 2018 | Aviation and Space, FIRST WOMEN
Something remarkable happened this week. Remarkable, because it was so unremarkable. Our local newspaper, The Seattle Times, printed an article about the latest rocket to head to the Space Station and touted the astronaut from Spokane, Washington who was on board....
by Michele Genthon | Dec 20, 2015 | Aviation and Space, FIRST WOMEN
Last night I saw the musical “Come from Away” about the people of Gander and the passengers (7,000 people in all) whose 38 planes were grounded in Newfoundland on 9/11. The musical, written by husband and wife team Irene Sankoff and David Hein, was a joint production...
