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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~A, <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 4, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH <br />DEPARTMENT: Human Rights & Relations PUBLIC HEARING: _ Yes xx No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED: _ Yes xx No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Women's History Month Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Oliver Melvin, ext. 2252 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To officially recognize Mazch, 1998, as Women's History Month in Orange <br />County. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Orange County Commission for Women has historically celebrated Women's <br />History Month as a significant occasion for recognizing and honoring the contributions <br />women have made to our community, state, and nation, and in doing so, to continue to <br />promote the status of women in Orange County. This year, 1998, also marks the 150th <br />Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement in the United States. The first <br />Women's Rights Convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, and the <br />Declaration of Sentiments issued by that Convention launched a movement that has <br />forever changed this nation and the lives of its women. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): That the Boazd approve the Proclamation and authorize the <br />Chair to sign. <br />