by Michele Genthon | May 14, 2016 | Business and Economics, Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Time magazine often highlights First Women in its annual list of 100 Most Influential People and this year was no exception. It is a pleasure to feature them on this blog posting, but also of interest is noting which people were selected by Time to write the profiles...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 23, 2016 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
On a recent visit to ‘Iolani Palace in Oahu, I paced off the room where our government had imprisoned Queen Lili’uokalani for almost a year. I tried to imagine how this well-educated, world-traveled woman maintained her spirits, sitting in that dark-paneled space, her...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 9, 2016 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government
Recently I traveled to Hawaii with my sister. The highlight was sailing joyfully on a catamaran in the Pacific on my birthday and hunting for First Women. My favorite was Queen Lili’uokalani but she deserves a blog of her own. While I’m writing that, here are a...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 17, 2016 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Recently the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA) asked me to serve as their interim CEO. They offer an MFA in writing and I already respected their program as I have studied with one of NILA’s graduates and another is in my writing group. I went in ready to...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 28, 2015 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Last week my husband and I flew to San Francisco, into that rarefied air that can only be California. Our first stop was San Francisco, or the polyglot that columnist Herb Caen used to call Baghdad by the Bay (back when Baghdad had a romantic aura about it). As we...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 28, 2015 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
I thought I had written enough about First Women in the White House, at least for now, but former President Bill Clinton led me to an addendum. Recently, he said, “There has been a lot of talk about breaking the glass ceiling. . . I want to break a ceiling. I am...
