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I <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 18, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY <br />DEPARTMENT: Commission for women <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) list of activities sponsored <br />during the month of August <br />2) proclamation to be signed <br />PURPOSE: <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. :L - <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes xx No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Lucy Lewis <br />Ext. 2251 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />Mebane -- 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />- To proclaim August 26, 1992, as Women's Equality Day <br />- To recognize the importance of this day by inviting community <br />participation <br />- To show the Orange County Commissioners' support of women in <br />Orange County <br />BACKGROUND: <br />This day celebrates the passage of the Nineteenth (19th) <br />Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the <br />right to vote. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />That the Orange County Commissioners proclaim August 26, 1992 <br />as Women's Equality Day in Orange County <br />1 <br />