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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. y-2
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 1 , 1994
SUBJECT: Proclamation of
Women' s History Month
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No
Commission for Women
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ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT:
• Proclamation Lucy Lewis, ext 2251
• March 1994 Events
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-4501
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
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PURPOSE: To officially recognize March, 1994, as Women' s History
Month in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: The celebration of this event is one of the
Commission' s objectives for 1993/1994. This is a fitting
opportunity to acknowledge the contributions women have made
to our community, state and nation.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board of
Commissioners proclaim March, 1994, as Women' s History Month.
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Oran g e County Commission for 'Women
Box 8181 • 110 North Churton Street • Hillsborough, NC 27278
THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR WOMEN SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING
PROCLAMATION TO THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
WHEREAS American women of every race, class, and ethnic
background have made historic contributions to the growth
and strength of our Nation;
WHEREAS American women have played and continue to play a
critical economic, cultural , and social role in every sphere
of the life of the Nation;
WHEREAS American women served as early leaders in the
forefront of every major progressive social change movement;
WHEREAS, these contributions have been historically
overlooked and undervalued in the literature, teaching and
study of American history; and
WHEREAS, women in Orange County have made and continue
to make significant historical contributions to our
community, state, and nation,
NOW, THEREFORE, do we, the Commissioners of Orange County,
proclaim the month of March, 1994, as
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
and commend this observance to Orange County citizens.
Moses Carey, Jr. , Chairman
Hillsborough 732-8181 • Chapel Hill 967-9251 • Mebane 227-2031 • Durham 688-7331
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Orange Coun ty Commission for Women
Box 8181 • 110 North Churton Street • Hillsborough, NC 27278
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
March, 1994
Activities and Events in Orange County
1 . Ask the County Commissioners to proclaim March as Women' s
History Month at the March 1st Board of Commissioners
meeting.
2. Co-sponsor educational displays throughout March about Orange
County women who have been first in a significant area of
achievement at the Orange County and Chapel Hill public
libraries and the Orange County Government Services Center,
with Orange County Extension Homemakers Association, Orange
County Human Relations Commission, Orange County Rape Crisis
Center, Orange County Women' s Center, Orange/Durham Coalition
for Battered Women.
3 . Co-sponsor a reception honoring Orange County women who have
been first in a significant area of achievement on Sunday,
March 20, from 3: 30 - 5: 00 p.m. at the County Government
Services Center, with Orange County Extension Homemakers
Association, Orange County Human Relations Commission, Orange
County Rape Crisis Center, Orange County Women' s Center,
Orange/Durham Coalition for Battered Women.
4. Develop a Speakers' Bureau featuring women "firsts" who were
identified and honored in 1993. The Speakers' Bureau is
targeted at public schools in both school systems.
Hillsborough 732-8181 • Chapel Hill 967-925.1 • Mebane 227-2031 • Durham 688-7331