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 | Nov 10, 2014 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
It’s hard to believe it took until 2014, but Iowa just elected its first woman to serve in Congress. Joni Ernst won her seat by casting herself as a “farm girl” who was comfortable castrating pigs. In Utah, Mia Love was the first black female Republican elected to the...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 4, 2014 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
I almost missed the most intriguing story in the October 10 issue of Entertainment Weekly. The cover drew my attention to Katy Sagal’s “Don’t you DARE!” look. Then, in the foreground, I stared into the squint in Charlie Hunnam’s eyes and noted the smoke from the...