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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No.
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: August 8, 1994
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY
DEPARTMENT: Commission for Women PUBLIC HEARING: Yes xx No
ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lucy Lewis
1 ) list of activities sponsored
during the month of August TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Hillsborough - 732-8181
2) proclamation to be signed Chapel Hill - 967-9251
Mebane - 227-2031
Durham - 688-7331
PURPOSE:
- To proclaim August 26, 1994, as Women' s Equality Day
- To recognize the importance of this day by inviting community
participation
- To show the Orange County Commissioners' support of women in
Orange County
BACKGROUND:
This day celebrates the passage of the Nineteenth (19th)
Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women the
right to vote.
RECOMMENDATION(S) :
That the Orange County Commissioners proclaim August 26, 1994
as Women' s Equality Day in Orange County
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Orange County Commission for Women
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Box 8181 • 110 North Churton Street • Hillsborough, NC 27278
ACTIVITIES FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY - AUGUST 26, 1994
1 . A proclamation of Women' s Equality Day will be presented
to the Orange County Board of Commissioners on Monday,
August 8th, at 7: 30 p.m. , in the Old County Courthouse in
Hillsborough.
2. The Orange County Commission for Women and the League of
Women Voters of Chapel Hill-Carrboro will cosponsor
Women' s Information Day in northern and southern Orange
County on Saturday, August 20th, at Wal-Mart and
University Mall , from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Twenty-four local
agencies/organizations that provide resources for women
will be participating.
3. The Orange County Commission for Women and the League of
Women Voters of Chapel Hill-Carrboro will cosponsor
special voter registration in conjuction with Women' s
Inforamtion Day.
4. A history of women' s rights in North Carolina will be
distributed at the special voter registration locations.
Hillsborough 732-8181 • Chapel Hill 967-9251 • Mebane 227-2031 • Durham 688-7331
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Oran e CountY g for Women
Box 8181 • 110 North Churton Street • Hillsborough, NC 27278
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, on August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States was ratified; and
WHEREAS, the amendment reads as follows:
"The right of citizens of the Unites States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of sex. "; and
WHEREAS, the power of the vote is the gateway to continued
improvements in the status of women and all peoples; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Commission for Women advises the
citizens and the Board of Commissioners of Orange County of
the status of women in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, that status continues to be unequal , especially
economically and politically; and
WHEREAS, women make significant contributions economically,
Politically and in innumerable ways to Orange County,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners
hereby proclaims Friday, August 26, 1994, as
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY
in celebration of women's contributions and their right to
economic and political equality, and hereby urges all
citizens to exercise their right to vote and continue to work
to guarantee full equality for all women.
This the 8th day of August, 1994.
Moses Carey, Jr.
Chair
Hillsborough 732-8181 • Chapel Hill 967-9251 • Mebane 227-2031 • Durham 688-7331