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e <br /> i, <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . _V--A <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : August 22 , 1995 <br /> SUBJECT : PROCLAMATION OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY <br /> DEPARTMENT : Commission for Women PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X Nc <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> Lucy Lewis <br /> 1 ) list of activities sponsored <br /> during the month of August TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 7j2-8181 <br /> 2 ) proclamation to be signed Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Mebane - 227-20,1)1 <br /> Durham - 688-7 ')1 <br /> PURPOSE : <br /> - To recognize August 26 , 1995 as the 75th Anniversary of <br /> ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U . S . Constitution <br /> giving women the right to vote . <br /> - To recognize the importance of this day by inviting corimuriity <br /> participation. <br /> - To demonstrate the Orange County Commissioners ' support of <br /> equality for women in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> August 26 , 1995 celebrates the 75th anniversary of the woman <br /> suffrage movement ' s greatest victory: ratification of the 19th <br /> Amendment to the U.S . Constitution giving women the right to <br /> vote . <br /> RECOMMENDATION( S ) : <br /> That the Orange County Commissioners proclaim August 26 , 1995 <br /> as Women' s Equality Day in Orange County. <br />