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6 <br /> 1 WHEREAS, through the efforts of brave and courageous women referred to as suffragists who <br /> 2 sacrificed family, personal life and financial resources for over seventy years to gain equal <br /> 3 rights for women, especially the right to vote; and <br /> 4 <br /> 5 WHEREAS, women and men of all colors and cultures supported the women's suffrage <br /> 6 movement in order for women to gain the Constitutional right of having a voice in making the <br /> 7 laws that govern them; and <br /> 8 <br /> 9 WHEREAS, Chapel Hill resident Barbara Bynum Henderson, UNC class of 1902 (AB & MA), <br /> 10 Phi Beta Kappa, organized and was elected president of the Equal Suffrage League of North <br /> 11 Carolina in 1913, and was unanimously re-elected for a second term in 1915; and <br /> 12 <br /> 13 WHEREAS, Barbara Bynum Henderson carried the battle for women's suffrage to the North <br /> 14 Carolina General Assembly when a special session was called to consider woman suffrage; <br /> 15 and <br /> 16 <br /> 17 WHEREAS, the woman's suffrage movement led to the passage of the 191" Amendment to the <br /> 18 Constitution of the United States in 1919, with ratification by the states by the summer of 1920; <br /> 19 and <br /> 20 <br /> 21 WHEREAS, North Carolina delayed ratifying the 19th amendment until 1971; and <br /> 22 <br /> 23 WHEREAS, the National Woman Suffrage Association dissolved in 1920 to create the League <br /> 24 of Women Voters of the United States in order to register voters and educate all voters; and <br /> 25 <br /> 26 WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters of North Carolina was launched on October 7, 1920 <br /> 27 on the steps of the Guilford County Courthouse by Gertrude Weil, a politically active and <br /> 28 tireless young woman from Goldsboro, North Carolina; and <br /> 29 <br /> 30 WHEREAS, more than 120,000 women were registered to vote in North Carolina by 1920; and <br /> 31 <br /> 32 WHEREAS, women today constitute a majority vote in the State of North Carolina and the <br /> 33 United States and are running for office in higher numbers and more active in the election <br /> 34 process than ever before in history; <br /> 35 <br /> 36 NOW THEREFORE the Orange County Board of County Commissioners does hereby <br /> 37 recognize the 1001" anniversary of women gaining the right to vote; and <br /> 38 <br /> 39 FURTHERMORE, that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners does hereby <br /> 40 recognize the 100t" anniversary of the founding of the League of Women Voters in the United <br /> 41 States and in North Carolina and applauds the members of the League of Women Voters for <br /> 42 the impact its historic accomplishments have made on public engagement and the civic life of <br /> 43 the community, the state and the nation. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 This the 101" day of March, 2020. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Vickie Boyer and Amy Jeroloman said it is an honor to receive this proclamation on <br /> 48 behalf of the League of Women Voters, and appreciated the Board considering this <br /> 49 proclamation. <br /> 50 <br />