by Michele Genthon | Apr 28, 2015 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN, Military and Crusaders, Politics and Government, Sports and Adventure
Last week, on Jeopardy, there was a category called Female Firsts. I didn’t record the full text of the questions, but I thought it might be fun to quiz the readers of this blog on the women included, but in a different format. Match the descriptions below (a through...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 12, 2015 | MUSINGS, Reading
Kathryn Atwood’s book Women Heroes of World War II is a story of the strength of women in even the most terrifying circumstances. The book’s subtitle explains the content: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue. Women from seven European countries...
by Michele Genthon | Apr 8, 2015 | FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
Sarah Thomas is the First Woman to be a fulltime game official in the NFL. It was announced today that she will hold the position of line judge. Sarah has been a First Woman before. She was the First Woman to officiate an NCAA football game, First Woman to officiate a...