Barry
07-16-2018, 07:00 AM
I don't how anybody pulls off the job of being a County Supervisor in the first place, let alone as a mother of 2 young kids, and now being pregnant with a third! But if anybody can do it, Lynda can!
Whadya think?
Barry
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Sonoma County supervisor Lynda Hopkins announces pregnancy
MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | July 15, 2018,8:41PM
44125Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins is poised to become the first supervisor in the county’s history to give birth while in office, with her announcement Sunday that she and her husband are expecting their third child.
The new baby is due in January, two years after the west county leader was sworn into office as part of the first female majority to sit on the five-member board.
“We’re really excited,” said Hopkins, 35.
The first-term supervisor announced her pregnancy on Facebook, earning congratulations from hundreds of constituents and friends. She included an ultrasound image among the comments, though she later conceded it was somewhat “strange having a very public pregnancy.”
Hopkins in an interview said she plans to take three weeks off from her supervisorial duties when her son or daughter is born and then “everyone can expect to see a lot of me and the baby out and about in west county.”
She and her husband, Emmett, live in Forestville with two daughters, ages 3 and 5. Emmett Hopkins is the volunteer coordinator for LandPaths, a nonprofit outdoor education, land stewardship and conservation organization.
Lynda Hopkins, who serves alongside Supervisors Susan Gorin and Shirlee Zane, is just the seventh woman elected to serve on the governing county body since former Supervisor Helen Rudee, now 100, broke the gender barrier in 1976.
Hopkins also is the youngest woman to serve on the board and, as a candidate three years ago, was shocked by repeated questions about her ability to handle the duties of county office while parenting two young children.
“I’m sure I’ll face those kinds of questions” again, she said Sunday.
But, she said, “I’m hoping that it’s also an educational opportunity because, at the end of the day, if we want to actually achieve equity in the work place and in political office, we have to normalize having children while in office, right?”
Hopkins also said she’s proved she can be a mother and a public official.
“So far people know that I can balance two young kids in the job, and I’m lucky that I have a big support system and definitely plan on utilizing that support system with the new baby,” she said
You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 707-521-5249 or [email protected]. On Twitter @MaryCallahanB.
Whadya think?
Barry
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Sonoma County supervisor Lynda Hopkins announces pregnancy
MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | July 15, 2018,8:41PM
44125Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins is poised to become the first supervisor in the county’s history to give birth while in office, with her announcement Sunday that she and her husband are expecting their third child.
The new baby is due in January, two years after the west county leader was sworn into office as part of the first female majority to sit on the five-member board.
“We’re really excited,” said Hopkins, 35.
The first-term supervisor announced her pregnancy on Facebook, earning congratulations from hundreds of constituents and friends. She included an ultrasound image among the comments, though she later conceded it was somewhat “strange having a very public pregnancy.”
Hopkins in an interview said she plans to take three weeks off from her supervisorial duties when her son or daughter is born and then “everyone can expect to see a lot of me and the baby out and about in west county.”
She and her husband, Emmett, live in Forestville with two daughters, ages 3 and 5. Emmett Hopkins is the volunteer coordinator for LandPaths, a nonprofit outdoor education, land stewardship and conservation organization.
Lynda Hopkins, who serves alongside Supervisors Susan Gorin and Shirlee Zane, is just the seventh woman elected to serve on the governing county body since former Supervisor Helen Rudee, now 100, broke the gender barrier in 1976.
Hopkins also is the youngest woman to serve on the board and, as a candidate three years ago, was shocked by repeated questions about her ability to handle the duties of county office while parenting two young children.
“I’m sure I’ll face those kinds of questions” again, she said Sunday.
But, she said, “I’m hoping that it’s also an educational opportunity because, at the end of the day, if we want to actually achieve equity in the work place and in political office, we have to normalize having children while in office, right?”
Hopkins also said she’s proved she can be a mother and a public official.
“So far people know that I can balance two young kids in the job, and I’m lucky that I have a big support system and definitely plan on utilizing that support system with the new baby,” she said
You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 707-521-5249 or [email protected]. On Twitter @MaryCallahanB.