by Michele Genthon | Jan 6, 2022 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, Aviation and Space, Business and Economics, Contemporary Women, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Most of us would prefer not to look back on 2021, myself included. On the bright side, however, there were more First Women in 2021. Here are just a few of my favorites: Kamala Harris Much is made of the fact that Kamala Harris is the First Black Woman to serve as...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 16, 2021 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s awareness of women’s issues began when she was just a girl. Reading her father’s law books, she realized that men and women were treated differently under the law. Her father would not let her tear the offending pages out of his law books, but...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 18, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Celebrate!!! This is the centennial of Women’s Independence Day in the United States. This is the 100-year anniversary of the recognition that women have the right to vote. This is the day the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. There were women who had the right...
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 | 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...
