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August 21, 2023 Original Radio Show ID:
Duration 57 minutes
--- Featuring Click the Name to access the Segment below 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces 2. Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder, National Women's History Alliance ---- ---- 1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: I have a special guest joining me on the phone, Molly Murphy MacGregor, one of the co-founders of the National Women’s Alliance. We will be talking about Women’s Equality Day and what is happening with the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A reminder that This year’s theme is for the Alliance is: Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.
HISTORY OF WOMEN’S EQUALITY
DAY
Women’s Equality Day, celebrated every August 26, commemorates the passage of women’s suffrage in the U.S. and reminds us of the hurdles overcome by the heroic women who faced violence and discrimination to propel the women’s movement forward. In the early 19th century, American women, who generally couldn’t inherit property and made half of a man’s wages in any available jobs, began organizing to demand political rights and representation. By the early 1900s, several countries including Finland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom had legalized voting for women as the movement continued to sweep across the world. In the U.S., the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was first introduced in 1878, but it failed to gain traction. It wasn’t until women’s involvement in the World War I effort made their contributions painfully obvious that women’s suffrage finally gained enough support. Women’s rights groups pointed out the hypocrisy of fighting for democracy in Europe while denying it to half of the American citizens at home. Because a Constitutional amendment requires approval from two-thirds of the states, 36 of them had to ratify the 19th Amendment before its passage. The deciding vote in the Tennessee legislature came from Harry T. Burn, a young state representative whose mother’s plea to support the amendment became a deciding factor in his vote (which he switched at the last minute). Women aren’t done fighting for equal rights. Today, the wage gap between men and women still impacts women’s economic power, and gender-based discrimination still plagues workplaces and business transactions. To remind us of the struggles of the past, present, and future, Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day in 1971. Source: https://nationaltoday.com/womens-equality-day/ Shout out to the NAACP – Ken and I attended a special gathering at the Central Library in Santa Rosa on Slavery in Santa Rosa, The Untold Story. The event was recorded and will be on You Tube under that title on the NAACP Santa Rosa - Sonoma County channel at https://youtu.be/1srTYMWHW-g .I also attended a special Webinar on August 19th, put on by The National Women’s History Alliance. It was a magnificent webinar, full of great information about the Equal Rights Amendment called, ERA: The Time is Now. We will be talking with Molly MacGregor about the importance and some of the contents of that webinar, whose poster is below..
THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S
HISTORY PROJECT (now
Alliance)
In 1980, the National Women’s History Project (NWHP) was founded in Santa Rosa, California by Molly Murphy MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula Hammett, and Bette Morgan to broadcast women’s historical achievements. The NWHP started by leading a coalition that successfully lobbied Congress to designate March as National Women’s History Month, now celebrated across the land. Since, the beginning, the project has established the theme for women’s history each year and provided resources and materials for education and celebration of the women honored. In 2018, the project transitioned to the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA) to better support the study and celebration of women’s history all year long. The NWHA continues to employ the collaborative spirit of the original project and works with women’s history organizations throughout the country to ensure that the incredible contributions of women are remembered and celebrated. Today, NWHA is known nationally as the only clearinghouse providing information and training in multicultural women’s history for educators, community organizations, and parents-for anyone wanting to expand their understanding of women contributions to U. S. history. Source: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/our-history/ Reminder tonight at 6:30pm PST a special presentation put on by National Organization for Women SOCO Chapter with Zakiya Thomas, President and CEO of the ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality. The ERA Coalition represents over 300 organizations. You can get all the information on the Zoom on http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html . The video is posted on NOW Sonoma County Youtube Channel https://youtu.be/PNxWUiDS9r0?si=SwIOvsCJuEfR2awC .
2. Our Guest,
Molly Murphy MacGregor,
looks back on some 43 years that
have gone by since the National
Women’s History Project(NWHP)
was born, 103 years since Women
Suffrage when women were able to
the vote, and over 100 years
since Alice Paul began promoting
the first cause for these voting
women and begin the process of
having Congress pass the Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA) and the
necessary 38 States to ratify
it. However, the ratification
process took longer than
Congress first allocated for it
to get into the Constitution,
and Congress is again necessary
to waive that time restriction.
The webinar on August 19th,
ERA: The Time Is Now,
indicates a resurgence of
interest to push the ERA by
women organizations and those
that support women and the ERA
to motivate people to petition
their elected representatives to
pass the finish line and add the
ERA to the Constitution. The ERA
is stated simply:
Equality of rights under the law
shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any
state on account of sex.
It was only in 1970 that women
first had the right to have a
credit card in their own name.
The young women especially
inspired Molly at the webinar,
who were especially
knowledgeable of the U.S.
Constitution. Every proposed
amendment has faced opposition.
Molly believes that the habits
of patriarchy and misogyny is
difficult for men to release to
allow women free choice, even to
respect of their own bodies.
Women who opposed Women’s
Suffrage, were fearful out of
religious convictions. Men
seemed to be blocked by lust for
power and money. Molly stresses
that women lobbying and
protesting for the right to
suffrage spent weeks in jail on
hunger strikes while being
forced fed. Some women never
recovered from that torture, as
the film Iron Jaws Angel brought
to the screen. Molly believes
that invisibility is the number
one form of bias. The theme of
NHWA this year is
Celebrating Women Who Tell Our
Stories, since real stories
and authenticity attracts so
many connections. About our Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the National Women’s History Alliance (NWHA, and Chair of the NWHA Board of Directors. Molly is a former high school social studies teacher who has worked for over 35 years in the field of gender equity and women’s history. MacGregor conducts women’s history workshops and women’s historic sites tours throughout the country. She also works with state and national agencies on strategies and programs to help acknowledge and recognize the historic contributions of women. Her work in the field of multicultural women’s history has been widely recognized including awards from the National Education Association, the US Department of Education, and the National Association for Multicultural Education, and the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education Leadership. ---- Guest Links: The National Women's History Alliance (NWHA) website: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/ Molly Murphy MacGregor's email: MWHP1980@gmail.com ---- Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.
Herstory's Event: August 26, 1920 – The 19th Amendment of the US Constitution is ratified granting women the right to vote, August 26, 1970 – Betty Friedan leads a nationwide protest called the “Women’s Strike for Equality” in New York City on the fiftieth anniversary of women’s suffrage. August 26, 1971 – The first Women’s Equality Day, initiated by Representative Bella Abzug, is established by Presidential Proclamation, and reaffirmed annually. Herstory Birthdays: August 23, 1899 (1999) – Grace Chu, cookbook author and teacher, emigrated from Shanghai in 1920 with a scholarship from Wellesley College, taught Chinese cooking, wrote Madame Chu’s Cooking School Cookbook in 1975. August 26, 1908 (1986) – Cynthia Wedel, first woman elected President of the National Council of Churches (1969-1972), president of the World Council of Churches (1975-1983), argued that women should be treated as equals in the church. August 26, 1935 (2011) – Geraldine Ferraro, first woman to run for Vice President of the U.S. on a major party ticket in 1984 (with Democratic candidate Walter Mondale), attorney, U.S. Congresswoman (NY, 1979-1985). ----
Announcements
Monday, August 31, 2023, 6:30 to
8:30 PM, NOW
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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 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021 The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com I Am Woman, sung by Helen Redding from the album Helen Redding’s Greatest Hits (The Contemplation @ 1987 Capital Records LLC).
We Have Come a Long Way
Ladies, sung by Earth Mama
from thealbum Herstory
(Rhm) ----- FoFor music purchasing opportunity, supporting the artists:Link: Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show
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Sonoma
County Chapter Monthly ZOOM
Meeting, open to members and
guests, with special speaker
Zakiya Thomas, President and
CEO, The ERA Project and the
Fund for Women’s Equality. For
zoom details see