by Michele Genthon | Aug 4, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Women who set a low value on themselves make life hard for all women. [Nellie Tayloe Ross] The United States Constitution did not acknowledge the right of women to vote until 1920. It was initially determined that states could determine who voted and only New...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 28, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
An important event is on the horizon. Yes, we are becoming fully engaged in this voting season, but we also look forward to the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920. Understanding why it took 144 years to get to this point is difficult...
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 30, 2020 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Mary McLeod Bethune, during her lifetime, was called “The First Lady of Negro America” and “The First Lady of the Struggle.” In 1974 she became the First African American Woman to have a statue installed in a public park within the District of Columbia. Mary McLeod...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 24, 2020 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN
In early January 2019 Katherine A. Rowe was inaugurated as the First Woman President of the college of William and Mary, three and one-quarter centuries after it was founded. I began to wonder what took so long, especially for a college named after a woman. Then I...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 16, 2020 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
“Race and sex were twin strikes against me. I’m not sure which was the hardest to break down.” [Alice Dunnigan] Alice Dunnigan had an impressive record for breaking barriers. She has multiple firsts to her name, the First Black Woman to report the...
