by Mirella Flores Today marks the last day of Women’s History Month for 2016. It is pretty amazing to consider how it all began with… Read More »Women’s History Month: An acknowledgement of the invisibility within
You may have heard Diane Humetewa’s name recently as a possible candidate to fill the position of Supreme Court Justice after the sudden death of… Read More »Today’s Trivia: Who is the woman unanimously elected Judge for the U.S. District Court for Arizona, making her the first Native American woman Federal Judge?
Sonia Sotomayor by Logan Snook Fearless. Role model. Trail blazer. Committed. All four of these has been used to describe Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor went… Read More »Today’s Trivia: Who was the first Hispanic woman to serve as Supreme Court Justice?
by Logan Snook Let’s start off the final week of Women’s History Month a woman who was a staple to the U.S. Supreme Court –… Read More »Today’s Trivia: Who was the first woman appointed Justice to the US Supreme Court?
By Logan Snook Congrats, Armando Contreras, for winning week 2 of Women’s History Month trivia contest! Armando is completing his Master of Music degree in… Read More »#Roos4WHM Week 2 Grand Prize Winner!
By Mirella Flores Stacey Newman is the Missouri State Representative of District 87. Representative Newman was first appointed to the chamber in 2009, when she… Read More »Today’s Trivia: What Missouri State Representative is the Director/Founder of ProgressWomen?
By Mirella Flores Nicole Galloway is the 37th and current State Auditor of Missouri, and a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner. Galloway holds… Read More »Today’s Trivia: What State Auditor of Missouri is focused on bringing private-sector best practices to state government with a focus on cybersecurity?
By Mirella Flores Honorable Lisa White Hardwick is a Kansas City native. She received her Bachelor’s from the University of Missouri- Columbia in 1982 and… Read More »Today’s Trivia: Who was an appellate Court Judge assigned to redistrict Missouri’s state legislative map on 2011?
Adele Hall Adele Hall, 1931 – 2013, was a much beloved woman in Kansas City, best known as a civic leader and philanthropist. Many know… Read More »Today’s Trivia: Who was the Kansas City civic leader recently inducted into the UMKC Starr Women’s Hall of Fame in 2015?
Kay Barnes Fun fact: Kay Barnes was first elected Mayor on her birthday. Many of the vibrant, exciting, colorful aspects linked to the heart of… Read More »Today’s Trivia: Who was the first woman Mayor of Kansas City?