by Michele Genthon | Dec 18, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government
After the election earlier this fall, Republican Martha McSally was ahead of her competitor Democrat Ron Barber, the current representative, by less than 200 votes. A recount was conducted and, six weeks later, McSally was still ahead—by 167 votes. Her opponent...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 10, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
It’s hard to believe it took until 2014, but Iowa just elected its first woman to serve in Congress. Joni Ernst won her seat by casting herself as a “farm girl” who was comfortable castrating pigs. In Utah, Mia Love was the first black female Republican elected to the...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 24, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Eleanor Roosevelt was the first woman to hold a press conference as a First Lady. She was also the first First Lady to write a newspaper column, or speak at a national convention. Eleanor Roosevelt was educated at the Allenswood Girl’s Academy in London where Marie...
by Michele Genthon | Feb 25, 2014 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
In every community, whether large of small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times. [Donna Shalala] Donna Shalala was the first woman to head a Big Ten school, but she may be better known for holding a cabinet position. Shalala was...
by Michele Genthon | Feb 17, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
“There was simply something about her that made you proud to be a part of the country that produced her.” [Former Texas governor Ann Richards] Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman to address the Democratic National Convention, but she started on the...
by Michele Genthon | Feb 10, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
“The times, they are a-changing.” [Bob Dylan] Tammy Baldwin was the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives from Wisconsin. She later became the first woman elected to the US Senate from Wisconsin. For these achievements alone, she enters the...
