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~.-~ CYt~T~'r`~~` ftesolufion No. 87.25
PROCLAMATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH MARCH 1987
WHEREAS, American women of every race, class and ethnic background
helped found the nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways as servants,
slaves, nurses, nuns, homemakers, industrial workers, teachers, reformers,
soldiers and pioneers; and
WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a critical
economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of our nation's life by
constituting a significant portion of the labor force working in and outside
of the home; and
WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role throughout our
history by providing the majority of the nation's volunteer labor force and
have been particularly important in the establishment of early charitable
philantropic and cultural institutions in the country; and
WHEREAS, American women of every race, class and ethnic background
served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social
change movement, not only to secure their own right of suffrage and equal
opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement,
the industrial labor union movement and the modern civil rights movement; and
WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of American women in
history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in the body of
American history.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Butte County Board of
Supervisors hereby proclaims that the month of March 1987, be proclaimed as
"Women's History Week" in the County of Butte and urges its residents to
observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, County of Butte,
this 3rd day of March, 198T, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Fulton, McInturf, McLaughlin, Vercruse and Chair Dolan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Chair of the
ty Board of Supervisors
MifR~~N~S. NTCHOhS, Chief Administrative
Officer and Clerk of the Board
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