by Michele Genthon | Aug 22, 2017 | Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN
As a struggling actress in a dinner theatre, Betsy Duke needed a second job. She got a part-time waitressing job but the dry cleaner where she applied didn’t hire her, so she settled for a part-time job as a teller at a local bank. And the rest of her life began. She...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 8, 2017 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
The State of Washington held a primary election a week ago and, although the results are not finalized, there are some things we do know about an unusual race in Seattle. Although we live across the lake from Seattle and cannot vote in Seattle, we follow their news...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 26, 2017 | Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN
Within the last week, the Seattle Times included two articles about First Women in business. They highlight for me the importance of celebrating women’s achievements while placing their accomplishments in perspective. Laurie Stewart was the First Woman to lead a local...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 19, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Patty Jenkins is the First Woman to direct a superhero movie for a major studio. In May, 2017 her film Wonder Woman opened to the biggest weekend box office for a woman director in the history of cinema. Diana Prince, Wonder Woman’s...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 6, 2017 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Sylvia Trent-Adams is a nurse, and the first non-physician to serve as Surgeon General of the United States (assuming the one veterinarian who held the position is counted as a physician). The position of Surgeon General was created in 1871 under President Grant’s...
by Michele Genthon | May 18, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
One of the many beauties of Sue Monk Kidd’s fiction is her expression of the hearts of women, through their own words. This is accomplished with language that paints pictures in the reader’s mind and both tickles and challenges the reader’s soul. So, it was with...
