The 1st Female Californian Law Student

Clara Shortridge Foltz

As published in the California Defender Spring 1985; Vol. 1, Issue 1
By Mortimer D. Schwartz, Susan L. Brandt and Patience Milrod
5. Id. at 10. Foltz later wrote that the reason given her to justify excluding women from the college was that “The rustle of the ladies’ garments would distract the attention of the young gentleman.” Foltz “was hardly able to appreciate their argument as a legal proposition.”

Source: Santa Barbara County

First Women To Graduate From Army Ranger School Say They “Were Contributing As Much As The Men” – BuzzFeed News

One male student, Michael Calderon, said that the extreme physical and mental conditions the service members were exposed to made things like gender seem arbitrary.

“You’re way too tired and hungry to actually care,” he said. “At the end of the day, everyone was a Ranger.”

First Women To Graduate From Army Ranger School Say They “Were Contributing As Much As The Men” – BuzzFeed News

 

As it should be.

 

 

First Female Fighter Pilot: ‘Attention Wasn’t What I Wanted’ : NPR

In this week’s Sunday Conversation, host Rachel Martin speaks with Col. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot, about gender in the Air Force. Leavitt is also the first female fighter wing commander, and she has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Source: First Female Fighter Pilot: ‘Attention Wasn’t What I Wanted’ : NPR

 

I love, love, love her gender-neutral viewpoint.

Why Our Daughters Should Play More Video Games | Samantha Parent

At first, I was resistant to the idea of my young girls (ages 7 and 11) playing video games. My sons — and husband — have always been the “gaming” junkies in our household. My girls have been more interested in singing, dancing and finding any excuse to be up on stage.

Source: Why Our Daughters Should Play More Video Games | Samantha Parent

I cannot begin to describe how much it bums me out that we are still a point in our society where we need to have this conversation.