by Michele Genthon | Sep 7, 2018 | FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement, Politics and Government
Even though she was born in the middle of the nineteenth century, Clara Shortridge Foltz’s life may not have been dissimilar from some women today. She was a mother and career woman; she ignored barriers; and she had the courage to achieve in areas where there were no...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 13, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement
While studying for my Ph.D. in higher education management at the University of Michigan I took a law course taught by Virginia Nordby. The first day I walked into her class, I thought she was another student. She sat at the round table in the classroom quietly...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 29, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Law and Law Enforcement
Diane Humeweta is touted as an example of bipartisanship, having been nominated by a Republican and a Democratic President to serve as the First Native American Woman in legal positions. However, the facts (see below) show that politics rules Diane Humeweta received...
