by Michele Genthon | Aug 30, 2015 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
Last week Captain Kristen Griest, an Apache helicopter pilot, and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver, a military police officer, both completed the Army’s Ranger School, and they made the national news. Their feat pitted them against the best of the men in the military and...
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 | Dec 18, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government
After the election earlier this fall, Republican Martha McSally was ahead of her competitor Democrat Ron Barber, the current representative, by less than 200 votes. A recount was conducted and, six weeks later, McSally was still ahead—by 167 votes. Her opponent...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 10, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
Continuing in the celebration of National Women’s History Month, here is a trio of women’s firsts from the Civil War era. Among the First Women To. . .in the Civil War are a combatant, a doctor, and an orator. All three defied the gender designations of their time and...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 3, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders
Instead of blogging about contemporary women this month, I want to celebrate National Women’s History Month and write about women in our past history. The theme for the National Women’s History Project’s theme for 2014 is: Celebrating Women...
by Michele Genthon | Dec 23, 2013 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, MUSINGS, Reflecting
Every day I post a Woman of Note on this blog and once a week I post a biography of a First Woman To. . .During almost six months I have posted 163 daily Women of Note and 26 biographies. Ten of those Women of Note were women whose accomplishments were as members of...
