by Michele Genthon | Aug 18, 2021 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Religion
In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the First Woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Her younger sister, Emily Blackwell, was the third. Together the two sisters founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children which later became a medical college...
by Michele Genthon | Dec 5, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement, Religion, Sports and Adventure
Searching the airport magazine rack, on my way to Dallas, I spied a magazine with an intriguing promo on the first page. “Incredible Women” it shouted in letters only slightly smaller than the name of the magazine, Porter. I didn’t know the magazine (turns out it’s...
by Michele Genthon | Jan 7, 2015 | FIRST WOMEN, Religion
Last month Libby Lane was appointed the first female bishop of the Church of England. It was a long time coming. Since 1861 women have been deaconesses in the Church of England but no women became full deacons until 1987. During the First World War women were...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 25, 2014 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Religion
A descendant of the founders of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Katharine Drexel was born into a philanthropic family. At a private audience with Pope Leo XIII, Katharine asked the Pope to send missionaries to the Native Americans whose plight had come to her...
by Michele Genthon | Aug 15, 2013 | FIRST WOMEN, Religion
The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton was the first woman chosen as presiding bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Pope Francis, are you listening?
