ADOPTED - MARCH 10, 2009

Agenda Item No. 15

Introduced by the Finance Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2009 AS

“WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH” IN INGHAM COUNTY

RESOLUTION #09-056

WHEREAS, American women of every race, class and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of our nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and

WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play critical economic, cultural and social roles in every sphere of life by constituting a significant portion of the labor force; and

WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role throughout history of the nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force; and

WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our nation; and

WHEREAS, American women of every race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders at the forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and

WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement and other movements; and

WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been overlooked in literature and the teaching and study of American history; and

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Women’s Commission supports the designation of March as Women’s History Month in Ingham County.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby designates the month of March, 2009 as “Women’s History Month” in Ingham County.

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Davis, Dougan

         Nays:  None           Absent:    Tennis         Approved 3/4/09