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045 <br /> PROGRAM SUMMARY <br /> SOLTJTXON: (continued) <br /> The Committee members then drew up a list of women they knew or <br /> knew of in the community who seemed to embody the theme of "making <br /> panel none day at a time. " They called these women, confirmed the <br /> panel date, explained the idea and gave them ublicitytinn the about <br /> where to be at what tiwas aonehfor handled at large. <br /> schools . No publicity <br /> The panel at one school was held in the library during a lunch <br /> period. At the other , a luncheon was held for the panelists prior <br /> to the panel session, also held during lunch but in the cafeteria. <br /> Students were invited rather than required to attend at each <br /> school . The panelists included a nurse, E teacher, a policewoman, a <br /> poet and a homemaker . Most were known to the Wstudentssindsome way <br /> because they were members of the community. <br /> not realize was the significance of some of their panelists ' <br /> achievements. For example, the policewoman was the first female on <br /> the police force. The homemaker had had one successful career <br /> before she decided to begin a second one in homemaking. <br /> Other WHM activities aimed at the general public included displays <br /> of books by and about historical women created in the county' s two <br /> public libraries, public service announcements about women in <br /> history done at a local radio station, and a special program (open <br /> to the public) at the Commission' s regular monthly meeting about <br /> the Women in North Carolina History Project at the NC Museum of <br /> History. The Committee considered including an essay contest on <br /> women in history, the winner (s) to be recognized at a County <br /> Commissioners ' meeting, but the details could not be worked out in <br /> time for the 1988 celebration. <br /> COUNTY ROLE': - <br /> The Commission for Women is funded 100 percent by the County. Staff <br /> support, supplies and materials were available to the WHM <br /> Committee, including materials Thee Commissbon purchasedhoneabookaon <br /> Women' s History Month Project. <br /> or by historical women per junior and senior high school as a <br /> permanent gift to that school , also as part of the WHM celebration, <br /> and the funds for these books came from the Commission ' s budget. <br /> 415:, <br />