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Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA200525

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Featuring

1. Elaine B. Holtz, Host and Co-Producer, Women's Spaces, presents her Commentary and Poetry for Memorial Day

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Our Featured Presentations

1.  Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women's Spaces, presents a commentary on Memorial Day spiced with her poetry and songs by women singers.  She reflects on the origins of Memorial Day that began with Abraham Lincoln setting aside a day to remember the fallen soldiers on both sides of the Civil War and of Mother's Day that began with women cleaning the Civil War battlefields of amputated arms and legs which inspired Julia Ward Howe to make her Mother's Day Proclamation.  Elaine reads two of her poems, Stopping the Next War and Why What Does All This Mean.

Recited Poetry during the show:

For more of Elaine's poetry visit the page

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 Herstory

A larger Compilation is at the National Women's History Alliance

Her Birthdays This Week

May 26, 1951 (2012) – Sally Ride, astrophysicist, first American woman astronaut

May 27, 1907 (1964) – Rachel Carson, scientist and environmentalist, wrote Silent Spring which became a cornerstone of the modern environmental protection movement

May 31, 1912 (1997) – Chien-Shiung Wu, renowned physicist, first Chinese-American elected to National Academy of Science (1958), first woman elected President of American Physical Society (1975), received National Medal of Science (1975)

May 31, 1924 (1985) – Patricia Harris, lawyer and ambassador, first African-American woman to hold a Cabinet position, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (1979-83), serve as an Ambassador (Luxembourg, 1965), and head a law school (Howard University, 1969)

May 31, 1928 – Sonia Pressman Fuentes, NOW co-founder, first woman attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the EEOC

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Announcements

Check links in case of postponement, cancellations, or restrictions due to pandemic precautions.

August 26 - November 8, 2020, Petaluma’s Participation in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Petaluma Library and Historical Museum The Petaluma Museum Association’s suffrage exhibit has been rescheduled. This postponement has provided the opportunity to coordinate the exhibit’s opening reception with the national celebration of “Women’s Equality Day”. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 26th, 5 to 8 pm! The exhibit will be dedicated to our former Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, and our former Mayor, Helen Putnam, and we are delighted to report that Mayor Barrett will be attending the opening to bestow the honors. 
https://www.petalumamuseum.com/2020/04/18/petalumas-participation-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/

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January 25 through September 13, 2020,  From Suffrage to #MeToo at Museum of Sonoma County.  Please note: Fee is required for entry to museum. For more information visit https://museumsc.org/suffrage-metoo/

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League of Women Voters of Sonoma County has scheduled candidate debates and ballot measure discussions. See their webpage listing the events at https://www.facebook.com/lwvsonomacounty/

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Sonoma County Women's Suffrage Project  https://socowomen2020.org/
with Calendar of related Events at https://socowomen2020.org/calendar

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin: