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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces

2. Guest: Copperwoman, Musician, Songwriter, Tiny House Activist 

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1. Commentary by our host Elaine B. Holtz:  I have a special guest this morning. Joining me joining me in the studio will be CopperWoman who is a musician, song writer and Copperwoman has been singing and making up melodic rhymes as long as she can remember. She brings people together to sing in gatherings called "Circle Song” Presently she is facing eviction from her tiny home and part of the campaign to stop government evictions in Sonoma County, and we are going to talk about that.

I want to do a shout out to Jackie Elward. I interviewed her last week on my show as Vice Mayor of Rohnert Park which is a historic accomplishment. It gets better. Jackie is making history in our county.  Last week she was voted in as Mayor of the City of Rohnert Park. Congratulations Jackie, I am personally thrilled by this happening. We need strong women leading our county and our country. Not only strong but with a vision that brings people together to work together. 

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2. Our guest Copperwoman opens her interview with singing a song she just wrote, Let the Spirit Come Through as the True You. She then describes her passage through treatment of cancer to the adoption of her name Copperwoman. She felt her calling to bring people together and sing with her Circle Songs, which she has done beginning in Santa Cruz, for a time in Garberville and Arcata, and more recently in Sonoma County. Copperwoman purchased a tiny home and found a couple with single family house and 4 acres that were willing to rent her the space.  The Permit Sonoma of the County, however, discovered the tiny home and red-tagged it as not being allowed. The tiny home comes equipped with a composting toilet and toilets in the County are required to be on a septic system or sewer.  With the help of independent journalist and social advocate Jonathan Greenberg, Copperwoman became the poster woman for folks suffering government evictions with a music video by her and a petition to the Board of Supervisors was set up on Change.org. She sings her song live for us in the studio, Everybody Needs a Home, that is on the video promoting the petition.  On Sunday December 12, 2021 at 1 pm, Copperwoman appears in concert with Bob Culberton for the Stop All Government Evictions (SAGE) campaign. 

About our Guest:  Copperwoman has been singing and making up melodic rhymes as long as she can remember. She brings people together to sing in gatherings called "Circle Song" from Santa Cruz to Arcata to Mt. Shasta and has been an integral part of the ritual backbone at the Women's Herbal Symposium in Laytonville. She has several CDs of original "singable" tunes including a CD called Gratitude—songs she wrote during her healing journey with cancer. She believes music is healing. One of her mantras is, “Open your Heart, let your voice come through.”
She is mother of two grown offspring and Grandmother to her daughter's two beautiful children.

Guest Link:  

Copperwoman's website (Circle Song, CDs and her tiny home story): https://www.copperwoman.com/

 Petition Stop All Government Evictions to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors: To sign the petiotion, Click here for Change.org

Sonoma Independent - Public Interest Solutions and Advocacy (Jonathan Greenberg, Independent Journalist); SAGE and other campaigns:  www.sonomaindependent.org

Guest Event:

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Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance

Herstory Events: Instead of the History of individual women I thought it would be a good idea to remind us how far we have come and some of the changes that were made giving women more independence and a voice, therefore for the next few months beginning November 1, 2021, this segment will include:

40 Basic Rights Women Did Not Have Until The 1970s

The list is thanks to HistoryCollection.com, which cites the sources:

  https://historycollection.com/40-basic-rights-women-did-not-have-until-the-1970s/  

25. Ladies Couldn’t Easily Practice Law

For about a century, women had to fight for their right to practice law. While there were previous female judges and lawyers, it was scarce to see a woman in the legal field until the late 1960s and into the early 1970s. In fact, Cornell University ran a study which confirmed that 90% of law firms refused to interview women who applied for placement in their firms. On top of this, most law schools wouldn’t admit women into their programs. We have come a long way ladies but still have a way to go. Our history is our strength, and it is important to know what we gained. Often women take their freedom to participate for granted and a reminder is important because if we are not aware of it, we could lose it. Looks that may be a reality around choice over our own bodies.

24. Women Couldn’t Receive the Morning After Pill

Another thing that women struggled receiving before the 1970s was the morning after pill. The morning after pill would not become FDA approved until the late 1990s, even though it became more available for females during the 1970s. Moreover, when the contraceptive became available, women still had secretly to find a way to take the morning after pill. Even so, women today still reportedly feel embarrassed or ashamed when they must take the morning after pill. Many professionals think that the reason behind this is because of the slow acceptance of contraception regarding women.

23. They Struggled to Get a Birth Control Pill

The birth control pill went a little faster than the morning after pill. The FDA approved the medicine during the 1960s; however, individual states could create their own laws when it came to the birth control pill. Many states didn’t allow doctors to give their patients the birth control pill for assorted reasons. One woman from Connecticut, Estelle Griswold, started to sell the contraception, getting herself arrested. Her case went to the Supreme Court, which upheld that married women could receive the birth control pill in 1965. During the 1970s, more states started to allow doctors to prescribe the medication.

22. Interracial Marriage Was Illegal in Most States

One of the most famous cases of interracial marriage is the Loving Vs. Virginia case. This hearing made it to the United States Supreme Court, which declared states that didn’t allow couples to marry on the base of color was unconstitutional and violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Mildred Loving and her husband, Richard, brought forth the case after their arrest and prison sentence for marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court forced states to allow interracial marriage in 1967, which helped increase interracial marriage during the 1970s.

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Announcements 

Sunday, December 5, 2021, 2 pm, Business Showcase by the North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce; Free to the Public; Online. RSVP for Zoom details at: Click for EventBrite Page.

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The 2021 Peace & Justice Center's Annual Awards Online Ceremony of 11/13/2021 can be viewed online at the Center's youtube channel:  https://youtu.be/cwoTmx6CjRE

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 at   and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 11/24/2021 .

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Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show