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...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 14, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
There are many First Women in the military, especially since Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense opened all positions in the military to women beginning in 2016, but there were women involved in our wars before the modern era. During the revolutionary war Sybil...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 20, 2019 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
The United States military is making progress incorporating women into its higher ranks. Slowly, but still progress. Within the last week, there have been three promotions for military women that made the news: Captain Dianna Wolfson, of...
by Michele Genthon | Jan 17, 2018 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
When Anna Mae Hays was born, it would be another six months before a woman’s right to vote was enshrined in the Constitution. Her lifespan, over the next 98 years, is a parable of the roads women traveled during the century following the Nineteenth Amendment. Hays was...
by Michele Genthon | May 4, 2017 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
Four years ago, I wrote about Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson when she became the First Woman Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, making her the First Woman to lead any U.S. Service Academy. She had several other firsts: the First Woman cadet wing...
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...
