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 | Jan 27, 2014 | Business and Economics, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
“Divisiveness has no place in our politics. . .spitefulness and hatred only erode that which is truly magnificent about our country.” [Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly] Sharon Pratt, like many First Women, holds several firsts: –The...
