by Michele Genthon | Mar 18, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
I will miss an appointment with my massage therapist, Lisa Jordan, in March because she will be in Alaska for the start of the Iditarod. Apparently, the race actually begins in Willow, Alaska but there is a lot of hullabaloo in Anchorage first, with sleds and dogs...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 18, 2019 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
In honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Clara Schumann, Byron Schenkman & Friends performed a special concert to honor her last weekend. It was a delight to hear some of her rarely-performed music, especially in such an exquisite performance. The musicians...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 23, 2019 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Earlier this year Nataki Garrett was the First Woman of Color appointed Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. A bit of history about the Festival will put the significance of this accomplishment in perspective. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival began presenting...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 28, 2019 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Margaret Bourke-White went where few women, and not too many men, had been. She was the First Woman war correspondent, the First Woman allowed in combat arenas. She was also the First Westerner to photograph Soviet industry and the First Woman to have a photo on the...
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 | May 28, 2019 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Please Note: All words in italics are direct quotes from Jeannette Rankin. The other words are from my research on this historical dynamo or from my imagination. Thank you to Ana Maria Spagna and Laura Pritchett for proposing this in one of their workshops. As the...
