Archived Radio Show

April 3, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230403

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Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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

2a. Jesse Morgan , Mother of Megan Morgan

2b. Megan Morgan, Daughter of Jesse Morgan, local activist

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:   I have a two very special guests for this show, joining in the studio is Jessie Gordon and Megan Gordon, yes mother and daughter. Jessie is my elder, 96 years old strong. I am really excited about this show, something I have been wanting to do and that is play a song and then discuss it. We will have three perspectives as I will also weigh in and I hope this will be a great discussion. I would love if folks email me at elainebholtz@gmail.com and let me know what you thought of this show.

Well here it is April and Ken and I celebrated our 23 anniversary together. Happy Anniversary Ken, I know you and your Mom Mary, sister Joanne and brother in law Jeff are down in Arcadia listening to the program. Hey a special shout out to my Aunt Joan, she turned 99 on Sat. Sorry I missed the party but sending you a special I Love You across the airways. Aunt Joan is amazing and can hold her own in a conversation. A little trivia about Aunt Joan she served as a nurse during World War 11. Shout out to our cousin Ann who provides loving care to her.

A little bit late but I want to acknowledge that on March 31 it was Caesar Chavez Day. President Barack Obama declared March 31 Cesar Chavez Day a national holiday in 2014. It is not a federal holiday, but is a state holiday in California. It is either an optional or commemorative day in nine other states - Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Rhode Island.

My deep condolences to the families or the individuals who were killed on Monday March 27, 2023.

I looked up Covenant to see what it means. It means:

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2. Our Guests Jesse and Megan Gordon will discuss the songs with our host for today's show. See Music Selections further below on this web page.

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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,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Events:

April 2, 1931 – 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell, the second woman to play baseball in the all-male minor leagues, pitches an exhibition game against the N.Y. Yankees and strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The next day, the Baseball Commissioner voided her contract, claiming baseball was too strenuous for women. The ban was not overturned until 1992.

April 5, 1911 – 100,000 to 500,000 people march in New York City to attend the funeral of seven unidentified victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in late March.

April 7, 1805 – Sacagawea begins helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition as an interpreter.

April 7, 1987 – Opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., the first museum devoted to women artists.

Herstory Birthdays:

April 3, 1934 – Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist, world’s foremost authority on chimpanzees.

April 4, 1928 (2014) – Maya Angelou, author, poet, civil rights activist, actress, read poem she composed at President Clinton’s inauguration (1993).

April 7, 1890 (1998) – Marjory Douglas, writer, suffragist, women’s rights advocate, environmentalist, championed culture of first Americans, created “Friends of the Everglades” with a million acres established in 1978 as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness Area.

Announcements  

View the NOW Special Zoom Event of 3/20/2023 with author and educator Dr. Catherine Meeks on Racial Healing.
Click Here for video recording on Youtube.

Sonoma County groups host author Catherine Meeks who discusses fight against racism, by Colin Atagi, Press Democrat, August 20, 2023:
Click Here for Article.

On February 27, 2023 Dr. Meeks was our guest  

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Monday, April 10, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, features Camerina Schwartz Davidson, President, California Region of National Organization for Women (NOW).  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday April 12, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show, features Camerina Schwartz Davidson, President, California Region of National Organization for Women (NOW).  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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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

Our guests Jesse and Megan Morgan discuss the following songs with our host Elaine B. Holtz:

Sending You Light, sung by Betsy Rose and the Women’s Chorus from the album Welcome To The Circle (Paper Crane Music). 

Light a Candle, sung by Frozen Heart from the album from the single Light a Candle (2017 Musekater, Independent-Rock- Label Stuttgart Deutschland)

Pale Moon, sung by Becky Hobbs from the album Nanyehi-Beloved Woman of the Cherokee (Beckaroo Records )

Human Family, a song/poem written and performed by Maya Angelou (on YouTube https://youtu.be/5F_aHt34a-g )

Let There Be Peace sung by Lissie from the single Let There Be Peace (Cooking Vinyl Limited)

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