by Michele Genthon | Jun 16, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement
Another of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2014 was Mary Jo White, head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She is on the First Woman To. . . list because she was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Manhattan. In...
by Michele Genthon | Dec 16, 2013 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, Business and Economics, Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
I received the lovely grace of being able to spend the fall in Southern Europe. I enjoyed the quality of life and the freedom from the usual daily responsibilities, but I missed out on being in touch with the news from the United States. When I returned to a pile of...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 14, 2013 | FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement
Sandra Day O’Connor said, “It’s great to be the first, but you don’t want to be the last.” We are all formed by our families, but that formation is rarely as publicly evident as with...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 29, 2013 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Janet Reno never abandoned her principles, in spite of criticism. “I am not fancy. I am what I appear to be,” she said. She inspires us to remain true to ourselves, to speak for ourselves and to protect those who need our strength....
