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Home My WebLink About22-020 RESOLUTION NO. 22-020 A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2022 AS "WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida has made the following determinations: 1. 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. They have played and continue to play critical economic, cultural, and social role in every sphere of the life of the Nation by constituting a significant portion of the labor force working inside and outside of the home. 2. American women have played a unique role throughout the history of the Nation by providing the majority of the volunteer labor force of the Nation and were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions in our Nation. 3. American women of every race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement and have served our country courageously in the military. 4. 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, especially the peace movement, which create a more fair and just society for all. And yet, despite these contributions, the role of American women in history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued, in the literature, teaching and study of American history: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. This Board does hereby proclaim the month of March 2022 as "Women's History Month" in St. Lucie County, Florida. 2. This Board further encourages all citizens to observe this important month by participating in appropriate ceremonies and activities planned by individuals, governmental agencies, and private institutions and associations throughout St. Lucie County. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 1st day of March 2022. ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA BY: s — P DEPUTY CLERK • CHAIR — APPROVED A TO FORM AND - CORRECTNESS COUNTY ATT RN Y