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3-6 -~a <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ~~~ <br />A PROCLAMATION <br />FOR <br />WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH <br />WHEREAS, American women of every culture, class, and ethnic background have <br />made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and <br />unrecorded ways; and <br />WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a critical economic, <br />cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant <br />portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the home; and <br />WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role throughout the history of the <br />Nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force of the Nation; and <br />WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the establishment of early <br />charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our Nation; and <br />WHEREAS, American women of every culture, class, and ethnic background served as <br />early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and <br />WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of <br />suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation <br />movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement, and other movements, <br />especially the peace movement, which create a more fair and just society for all; and <br />WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been <br />consistently overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, teaching and study of American <br />history; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on March 25, 1976, <br />established the Orange County Commission for Women to promote the growth and <br />development of all Orange County women and the Commission has been doing that for more <br />than 25 years; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North <br />Carolina hereby proclaim March 2002 as "Women's History Month" and commend this <br />observance to Orange County citizens. <br />THIS THE 6th DAY OF MARCH, 2002. <br />Barry Jaco~.s~h <br />Orange Ga~ryty Bo r ounty Commissioners <br />