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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. y$ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 6 , 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Proclamation of Women' s History Month <br /> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ <br /> DEPARTMENT: Human Rights & PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br /> Relations <br /> ------------------------------ ------------------------------ <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext 2251 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> ---------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To officially recognize March, 1996 , as Women' s History <br /> Month in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: The celebration of this event is one of the <br /> Commission' s objectives for 1995/1996. This is a fitting <br /> opportunity to acknowledge the contributions women have made to <br /> our community, state and nation, and in doing so, to continue to <br /> promote the status of women in Orange County. March 1996 also <br /> marks the 20th anniversary of the Orange County Commission for <br /> Women. The Commission for Women has researched and honored women <br /> who were first to break gender and/or racial barriers in Orange <br /> County for the past three years. This year the Commission has <br /> recognized Women' s History Month by developing and providing an <br /> after-school curriculum to both school systems about women' s <br /> lives and achievements. Recent studies have shown that most <br /> textbooks now used in history classes devote only 2-3% of their <br /> contents to women. Learning about women' s accomplishments: <br /> - will help girls to become empowered to broaden their ideas <br /> about what they can accomplish in their own lives, <br /> - help boys and girls develop respect for women and their <br /> abilities, and <br /> - help boys and girls, men and women, gain insight into the <br /> importance of women' s contributions historically and in <br /> contemporary life. <br /> The Commission will also provide Women' s History month displays <br /> at the Orange County and Chapel Hill public libraries. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board of <br /> Commissioners proclaim March, 1996, as Women' s History Month. <br />