1988-038-Designating March, 1988 "Women's History Month"RESOLUTION NO. 1988 -38
A TOWN COUNCIL RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING MARCH, 1988
"WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH"
WHEREAS, women of every race, class and ethnic background helped
develop the Town of Los Gatos in countless recorded and unrecorded ways as
servants, nurses, nuns, homemakers, industrial workers, teachers,
reformers, soldiers and pioneers;
WHEREAS, women have played and continue to play a critical economic,
cultural and social role in every sphere of our Town's life by
constituting a significant Portion of the labor force working in and
outside of the home;
WHEREAS, women have played a unique role throughout our history by
providing the majority of the Town's volunteer labor force and have been
particularly important in the establishment of early charitable
philanthropic and cultural institutions in the Town;
WHEREAS, 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
oppportunity, but have and continue to be outstanding in the legal system,
as leaders in the educational field, in their participation in the
political arena, in the development of the high -tech industry, as
agriculturists and vintners, as winners in competitive athletics, as
leaders in the labor union movement, in the civil rights movement, and in
the peace movement, and
WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of women has been
Consistently overlooked and undervalued;
NOW THEREFORE, he it resolved by the Town Council of Los Gatos, that
March, 1988 be designated "Women's History M0Ath'/ and that the people of
the Town of Los Gatos join With the Santa Clara County Commission On the
Status Of Women in observing and celebrating such week with appropriate
ceremonies and activities in their schools, churches, places of work and
libraries.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the TOnD Council of the Town Of Los Gatos,
California., at U regular meeting held on the 16th day Of February, 1988,
by the following vote:
AYES: [OUNCILMEMBERS:
Robert L. Hamilton, and Mavor Eric D. Carlson
NOES: COUNClLNEMOEkS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBEkS:
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MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
ATTEST:
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