by Michele Genthon | Dec 29, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
This year the United Nations selected Wonder Woman as an honorary ambassador to promote gender equity. An uproar ensued, and the United Nations withdrew the ambassadorship because Wonder Woman was too sexy. Apparently strong women cannot also be sexy women....
by Michele Genthon | Nov 8, 2016 | FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
Both of the editorials in The Seattle Times today are about women, not surprising given that today is historic. For the first time since this country was founded we are voting in an election where a woman is a major contender for the Presidency. Hillary Clinton is not...
by Michele Genthon | Nov 4, 2016 | MUSINGS, Reflecting
Father Gary Morelli died last week. He was one of many priests in this country, in his Church, and yet he was “one.” He was singular. He stood alone. When I moved to Washington state, my husband and I bought a house,...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 26, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Last weekend I attended a concert by the Lake Union Civic Orchestra and found a First Woman in the program. But, first, about the concert. I was attracted to the concert because they were playing two fanfares: Aaron Copland’s stately Fanfare for the Common Man and...
by Michele Genthon | Oct 12, 2016 | Education and STEM, FIRST WOMEN
Sutematsu Yamakawa Oyama was the first Japanese woman to earn a bachelor’s degree. Her remarkable feat occurred in the late 1800’s at Vassar College. Sutematsu was part of a Japanese experiment that is engagingly recounted in Daughters of the Samurai by Janice P....