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7 <br /> Craig Benedict said yes, it can be put back in. <br /> Commissioner Price said she would like to see exactly what is coming off, and delay <br /> the vote until next regular meeting. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br /> delay the vote on this item, direct staff to hold a community meeting and then bring this item <br /> back with the maps back with the maps at either the last regular BOCC meeting in March <br /> (19t") or first BOCC regular meeting in April (2"d) <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Chair Rich reiterated Commissioner Dorosin's point for staff to highlight any <br /> information that greatly affects a community moving forward. <br /> b. Women's History Month Proclamation <br /> The Board considered officially recognizing March 2019 as Women's History Month <br /> in Orange County. <br /> Annette Moore, Human Rights and Relations Director, presented this item: <br /> BACKGROUND: Celebration of Women's History Month had its roots in the socialist and <br /> labor movements in New York City. The first "Women's Day" took place on February 28, <br /> 1909. The day honored the one year anniversary of the garment worker's strikes that had <br /> taken place in New York, where thousands of women marched for economic rights. That <br /> strike followed another strike that occurred in 1857 when garment workers marched for <br /> equal rights and 10-hour work days. Within two years the event grew into an international <br /> event. In 1975, the United Nations officially began International Women's Day; which will be <br /> celebrated on March 8t" this year. <br /> At the inception of Women's History Month, feminists in the United States saw the <br /> designation of the month as a way to celebrate a history that had largely overlooked the <br /> contributions of women in America. Women's History Month has its origins as a national <br /> celebration in 1981 when Congress authorized and requested President Jimmy Carter <br /> proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as "Women's History Week." In 1987, the <br /> Women's History Month Project petitioned congress to designate the month of March as <br /> "Women's History Month." President Ronald Reagan was the first president to proclaim <br /> March as Women's History Month. <br /> Currently, local, state and federal governments annually proclaim March as "Women's <br /> History Month." Each year the National Women's History Project declares a theme. The <br /> 2019 theme is "Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence." <br /> Annette Moore said they have a program scheduled for March 31st with a nationally <br /> known speaker, but the contract is not yet in place, so she will provide more information at <br /> a later date. She highlighted the following information: <br /> COMMISSION FOR WOMEN <br /> 1993 Women's History Month Project <br /> FIRST WOMEN IN ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT <br /> Orange County Criminal <br /> Court jury Edith Baker Giduz F 1947 <br />