by Michele Genthon | Sep 11, 2016 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
There has never been a building at any of the major military academies named after a woman—until now! The First Woman to have this honor is Grace Hopper whose name will grace the U.S. Naval Academy’s new cyber facility. Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 4, 2016 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN
Maria Harper-Marinick was recently appointed chancellor of Maricopa Community College, the First Woman to hold that position. She is also the first Latina higher-education chancellor in Arizona. Her background prepared her extensively for the position. She had served...
by Michele Genthon | May 14, 2016 | Business and Economics, Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Time magazine often highlights First Women in its annual list of 100 Most Influential People and this year was no exception. It is a pleasure to feature them on this blog posting, but also of interest is noting which people were selected by Time to write the profiles...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 9, 2016 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government
Recently I traveled to Hawaii with my sister. The highlight was sailing joyfully on a catamaran in the Pacific on my birthday and hunting for First Women. My favorite was Queen Lili’uokalani but she deserves a blog of her own. While I’m writing that, here are a...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 28, 2015 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Last week, on Jeopardy, there was a category called Female Firsts. I didn’t record the full text of the questions, but I thought it might be fun to quiz the readers of this blog on the women included, but in a different format. Match the descriptions below (a through...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 25, 2014 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Religion
A descendant of the founders of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Katharine Drexel was born into a philanthropic family. At a private audience with Pope Leo XIII, Katharine asked the Pope to send missionaries to the Native Americans whose plight had come to her...
