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PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, Apri13, 1998 has been nationally established as Equal Pay Day in <br />commemoration of the continuing efforts to gain full equity for women in pay and in all <br />other privileges of life as guazanteed by the U S Constitution to citizens of this free <br />country; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Commission for Women advocates to improve and <br />promote the status of Women, and supports the County's consideration of a living wage <br />for all of its citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, there remains much work to be done to bring to fruition our promise that all <br />persons are created equal; <br />NOW THEREFORE, the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners hereby reognizes last <br />Friday, April 3, 1998, as Women's Equity Day in commemoration of the struggle that <br />women continue to advance towazds achieving equity in pay, a living wage and equal <br />opportunity for all citizens in Orange County, regazdless of gender. <br />This the 7th day of April, 1998. <br />Mazgazet W. Brown, Chair <br />Board of Commissioners <br />