by Michele Genthon | Feb 11, 2018 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Tammy Duckworth will be the First Woman in the U.S. Senate to give birth while in office. Senator Duckworth is surprised at the attention she has received since announcing her pregnancy. “It is somewhat ridiculous,” she says, “that it’s 2018 and this is such big...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 10, 2017 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Is a new day dawning? At least on the Left Coast? Women in Western Washington have reached another rung on the ladder that leads to full parity in our legislative bodies. They are running in greater numbers for local offices and, in some cases in this past election,...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 29, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
The writers of Outlander know the power of First Women. In the second episode this season Claire is examining her lot in life. She has tried to fulfill her housewifely duties (with the notable exception of the bedroom). She keeps house, raises her child, entertains...
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 | 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...
