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Apr 24, 2024 · Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938, Miami, Florida, U.S.—died November 7, 2016, Miami) was an American lawyer and public official who became the first woman attorney general (1993–2001) of the United States. Reno settled with her family on 20 acres (8 hectares) of wilderness at the edge of the Everglades, outside Miami, Florida, when she was ...
Dec 12, 1999 · In Clinton's cabinet, almost everyone is married or divorced, but for two who aren't, Donna Shalala and Janet Reno, their orientations are shrouded in deep ambiguity. In a recent issue of New York magazine devoted to "singles," former New York Mayor Ed Koch was invited to write his own personals ad.
Mar 11, 2017 · Janet Reno (credit: Elvert Barnes) From February 28 to April 19 of 1993, the Federal Bureau of Investigation besieged a compound in Waco, Texas, owned and occupied by the Branch Davidians. Prior to the siege, the leader of the radical Christian sect, David Koresh, had been suspected of sexually abusing girls as young as 10 and of violating ...
Dec 4, 1993 · Dec. 4, 1993 12 AM PT. Associated Press. WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Janet Reno has ordered the FBI to discard a policy making it difficult for homosexuals to be hired, and the bureau now will...
Feb 17, 1993 · Three years ago, she was more direct. A rabidly intolerant Miami attorney named Jack Thompson, who had run against her in 1988, started rumors that Reno was “a closeted lesbian.”
Feb 19, 1994 · Citing a threat of violence against a lesbian couple, Attorney General Janet Reno today ordered Federal civil rights mediators from the Justice Department to take up their first case involving...
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Her single status and her 6'1.5" height were the basis of innuendos about her sexual orientation and "mannishness." Many writers have pointed out that male cabinet officials were not subjected to the same kinds of provably-false rumors, comments on dress and marital status, and sexual stereotyping as was Janet Reno.
