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Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey’s Congressional License Plates, Campaign Buttons, and Constituent Literature.
of these stories before. Once you learn about these incredible women and the impact they made on our community, you see Sonoma County through a new filter and better understand how it’s all connected.” - Museum Manager
groundbreaking woman in your life. Whether they are a family member, friend, teacher, or other inspirational person who inspired you, this is a special place to honor that person.
privileges we have today and yes we still have a long way to go.
“I’m a fifth-generation Sonoma County resident and I had never heard some
There is so much to see and experience and would take the whole paper to tell the story and that is
why I want to encourage my readers to attend, bring your friends, family and particularly the young men and women. For women it is a journey into our history and knowledge about the courage and strength of all those who shoulders we are standing on and for men not only a glimpse of history but an understand of the struggle women have gone through to gain the
The exhibit will continue to
September1 3, 2020.
The museum is located at 425 Seventh St., Santa Rosa, OPEN Tuesday through Sunday 11am tp
5pm INFO: museumsc.org/ sufferage-metoo
Elaine B. Holtz is co-producer /Host with Kenneth E. Norton of “Women’s Spaces” on KBBF 89.1FM Monday 11-12 noon & 11-12 midnight. Streaming on kbbf.org , www.womensspaces.com
Eliane B. Holz ON AIR, producer of Women’s Spaces in 1978 on KBBF-FM
Sonoma County Women Who Are Still Alive & Active in the Women’s Movement:
• Jill Ravitch - First female District Attorney in Sonoma County serving her 3rd term.
• Ann Neal – Retired first chair of the Women’s Study Program at Sonoma State
• Ruth Mahaney – Retired teacher helped develop the Women’s Studies program at Sonoma State.
• JJ Wilson - Retired English teacher at Sonoma State University and writer along with Karen Petersen of the first art book about women artist, “Discovering Women Artists Through the Ages,”
• Lynn Woolsey - Elected to the Congress of the US Four Terms Congress who recently helped organize the Literacyworks program that engages families to increase children’s literacy.
• Molly Murphy MacGregor – Co- founder of the National Women’s History Project now the National Women’s History Alliance. Molly will become Director Emeritus at the end of 2020.
• Alicia Sanchez - Labor organizer and President of the Board of Directors for KBBF 89.1 FM the First Community bilingual station nation in the nation.
• Elaine B, Holtz (Pine) – Pioneer in Women’s Radio host of Women’s Spaces on KBBF 89,1FM Calistoga/Santa Rosa.
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