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...
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 | Apr 9, 2017 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
When people keep telling you, you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try. [Margaret Chase Smith] The First Woman who served in the Senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922. The governor of the state of Georgia had not supported the Nineteenth Amendment...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 21, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
A special woman died in November of last year and her life is a model for all women. Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of News Hour on PBS, separated her professional life from her personal life, not even informing others of her illness as she was dying. It is unfortunate that...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 14, 2017 | FIRST WOMEN, General, Politics and Government
The first six chapters of my book on First Women are drafted and my research keeps revealing ironies that intrigue me. I thought I’d share four ironies I uncovered in three of my First Women stories. Irony One: Nellie Tayloe Ross was the First Woman governor in the...
by Michele Genthon | Jan 9, 2017 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Catherine Cortez Masto is the First Woman elected to the Senate from the State of Nevada. In addition she is the first Latina ever elected to the Senate. A Democrat, she replaced former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. She was sworn in this month, along with three...
