Resolution 1990-12
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RESOLUTION No. 90 - 12
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DESIGNATING MARCIl, 1990 ''WOHEN-S
HISTORY KONTH".
WHEREAS, women of every race, class and ethnic background helped develop
the City of Gilroy in countless recorded and unrecorded ways as servants, nurses,
nuns, homemakers, industrial workers, teachers, reformers, soldiers and pioneers;
and
WHEREAS, women have played and continue to playa critical economic,
cultural and social role in every sphere of our City's life by constituting a
significant portion of the labor force working in and outside of the home; and
WHEREAS, women have played a unique role throughout our history by
providing the majority of the City's volunteer labor force and have been
particularly important in the establishment of early charitable philanthropic and
cultural institutions in the City; and
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 opportunity, 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.
RESOLUTION NO. 90 - 12
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Gilroy,
that March, 1990 be designated "Women's History Mont" and that the people of the
City of Gilroy join with the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women
in observing and celebrating such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities
in their schools, churches, places of work and libraries.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of February, 1990, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GAGE, HALE, KLOECKER, VALDEZ and HUGHAN.
NOES: COUNCILHEHBERS: MUSSALLEM and NELSON.
ABSENT:COUNCILMEMBER: None
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
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RESOLUTION NO. 90 - 12
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 90-12
is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the
20th
day of February , 19~,
at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this
22nd
day of
February
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(Seal)