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 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...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 8, 2016 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Both of the editorials in The Seattle Times today are about women, not surprising given that today is historic. For the first time since this country was founded we are voting in an election where a woman is a major contender for the Presidency. Hillary Clinton is not...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 28, 2016 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Hillary Clinton is the First Woman ever nominated by a major political party to run for President of the United States. She has established her credentials, campaigned vigorously, and won the title. She is not, however, the first woman to run for President and there...
by Michele Genthon | Jun 26, 2016 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Italy’s capital city of Rome was founded in 753, B.C. Just last week, Virginia Raggi became the First Woman elected to the position of mayor of Rome. It only took 2,769 years, almost three millennia. Not only is this election historic because she is a woman, but also...
