by Michele Genthon | Jan 6, 2022 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, Aviation and Space, Business and Economics, Contemporary Women, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Most of us would prefer not to look back on 2021, myself included. On the bright side, however, there were more First Women in 2021. Here are just a few of my favorites: Kamala Harris Much is made of the fact that Kamala Harris is the First Black Woman to serve as...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 26, 2021 | FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
Effa Manley was the first (and only) woman inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. She also may have been the First Black Woman but there is some uncertainty about her ethnicity. She certainly had a black stepfather, married a black man, and identified as...
by Michele Genthon | Feb 12, 2021 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Sports and Adventure
With all those brawny guys on the field for the 2021 Super Bowl, it might have been easy to overlook the women who were making history. Since women often make history quietly, and on the sidelines, this is probably fitting, but one should stop and celebrate. Referee...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 18, 2020 | FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
I will miss an appointment with my massage therapist, Lisa Jordan, in March because she will be in Alaska for the start of the Iditarod. Apparently, the race actually begins in Willow, Alaska but there is a lot of hullabaloo in Anchorage first, with sleds and dogs...
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 | Sep 25, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
I would like to have been a fly on the wall when Rick Singer and Kevin Falls “pitched” their idea for a new television series about a woman baseball player who makes it to the major leagues. The series, aptly named Pitch, debuted last week on Fox. Ginny Baker is the...
