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2 . <br /> A 'in Otti,,r <br /> x , range County Commission for Women <br /> Box <br /> 110 Street • Hillsborough, <br /> ox 8181 0 North Churton Str a <br /> NC2727 8 <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING <br /> PROCLAMATION TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: <br /> WHEREAS American women of every race, class, and ethnic <br /> background have made historic contributions to the growth <br /> and strength of our Nation in countless recorded and <br /> unrecorded ways; <br /> WHEREAS American women have played and continue to play a <br /> critical economic, cultural , and social role in every sphere <br /> of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant <br /> portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the <br /> home; <br /> WHEREAS American women have played a unique role throughout <br /> the history of the Nation by providing the majority of the <br /> volunteer labor force of the Nation; <br /> WHEREAS American women were particularly important in the <br /> establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and <br /> cultural institutions in our Nation; <br /> WHEREAS American women of every race, class, and ethnic <br /> background served as early leaders in the forefront of every <br /> major progressive social change movement; <br /> WHEREAS American women have been leaders, not only in <br /> securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, <br /> but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation <br /> movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights <br /> movement, and other movements, especially the peace <br /> movement, which create a more fair and just society for all ; <br /> and <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 • Chapel Hill 967-9251 • Mebane 227-2031 • Durham 688-7331 <br />