Archived Radio Show

March 4, 2024

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA240304

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Duration 57 minutes

The Guest interview begins at 31 minutes.

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Featuring

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

2. Guest: Molly Murphy MacGregor, President, NAACP Sonoma County Branch

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Happy Women’s History Month and to begin the celebration 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 History Alliance which began as the Women’s History Project and the origin and changes she has seen and concerns around women’s equality and choice for women in 2022 and moving forward. This year’s theme is, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.”

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.

Today, the NWHP Now the National Women’s History Alliance 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/ 

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2. Our Guest, Molly Murphy MacGregor, shares how her mindset changed from being a girl looking for prince charming to becoming a feminist and advocate for women's history and rights. Molly describes the path to the Carter White House in 1979 in the declaration of at first the National Women's History Week to its 1987 establishment as National Women's History Month every March. Molly talks about this year’s theme: “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.” Some cultural traditions hold men to be the only gender worthy of leadership, Thousands of years of this patriarchy makes for such entrenched views. Women's voices need to be heard, but we must agree to respect each other's perceptions. By asking questions and being willing to listen, a discussion can happen, such that the woman's point of view can at least enter the discussion. Molly envisions a Women's Festival in the summer, rather than a march, to invite such discussions to take place in a festive rather than protesting environment. 

-  report by Ken Norton, Co-Producer, Women's Spaces

About our Guest:  Molly Murphy MacGregor is National Women’s History Alliance Executive Director and Co-Founder, 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 Link:

National Women's History Alliance: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/

Molly Murphy MacGregor email: nwhp1980@gmail.com

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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.

Special thank you to the National Women’s History Alliance for making women’s history alive. Shout out to Co-Founder and Retiring Executive Director, Molly McGregor who will be on the show when we celebrate Women’s History Month in March for making the fabulous list of Women in History where I get most of the info I present in this Herstory segment.

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Herstory Events:

March 1, 1978 – Women’s History Week is first observed in Sonoma County, California.

March 1, 1987 – Congress passes a resolution designating March as Women’s History Month.

March 3, 1913 – Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, where over eight thousand women gathered to demand a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote.

March 4, 1933 - Frances Perkins was appointed U.S. President FDR's Secretary of Labor, making her the 1st woman appointed to a Cabinet position. She became the first woman in history to enter the U.S.Presidential line of succession.

March 8 – International Women’s Day, whose origins trace back to protests in the U.S. and Europe to honor and fight for the political rights for working women.

Herstory Birthdays:

March 4, 1917 – Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) took her seat as the first female member of Congress.

March 4, 1948 (2005) – Jean O’Leary, lesbian and gay rights activist, founder of Lesbian Feminist Liberation, one of the first lesbian activist groups in the women’s movement, was an early member and co-director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, co-founded National Coming Out Day.

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBT awareness day observed on October 11 to support anyone "coming out of the closet".[1] First celebrated in the United States in 1988, the initial idea was grounded in the feminist and gay liberation spirit of the personal being political, and the emphasis on the most basic form of activism being coming out to family, friends, and colleagues, and living life as an openly lesbian or gay person.[2] The founders believed that homophobia thrives in an atmosphere of silence and ignorance and that once people know that they have loved ones who are lesbian or gay, they are far less likely to maintain homophobic or oppressive views.[3]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day

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Announcements

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Peace and Justice Center issues new weekly list of events and links to community non-profit organizations: PJC website www.pjcsoco.org

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Wednesday,March 6 2024 6:00 PM, The Community Advisory Council (CAC) and Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO) invites the public to participate in our Monthly meeting. The location will be at the Finley Park Community Center, 2060 W. College Avenue. Manzanita Room, Santa Rosa, CA. 95401

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Monday, March 11, 2024 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature our guest Molly Murphy MacGregor on the National Women's History Alliance.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Tuesday March 12 2024, 6 PM, League of Women Voters Civics Class: Democracy: It's Up to Us! The third of three FREE, virtual (Zoom) presentations in February and March at 6pm on Tuesdays. Registration is required; sign up for each class separately, click RSVP link below for class date. Guaranteed to be interesting, fun and inspiring! 

1. 2/6 Calif State Gov,  Click Here to view past event on LWV Sonoma YouTube Channel

2.  2/20 From An Idea to Law,  Click Here to view past event on LWV Sonoma YouTube Channel

3.  3/12 City and County Government,  Click Here to RSVP

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that will feature our guest Molly Murphy MacGregor on the National Women's History Alliance.   Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Saturday March 23, 2024, NAACP Promotion: AVFilm Studios screening of the Space Race at 1:00 PM and Origin at 4:30 PM, 375 Healdsburg Ave, Suite 200, Healdsburg, CA 95448. RSVP at https://naacpsantarosasonomaco.org/

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February and March 2024, Figures and Faces, Santa Rosa Arts Center, 312  South A St., Santa Rosa, CA. See poster below:

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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)

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