282 Women And Labor Force
CITY OF YELM
RESOLUTION NO. 282
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;
Whereas American women have played and continue to play a 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;
Whereas 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;
Whereas American women were particularly important in the
establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural
institution in our Nation;
Whereas American women of every race, class, and ethnic background
served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive
social change movement;
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,
especially the peace movement, which create a more fair and just
society for all; and
Whereas 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, that the City of Yelm join the
National resolution designating March as "Women's History Month."
ADOPTED this 10th day of February ~ 1993.
obert A. Sanders, Mayor
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Agn s P. Colombo, City Clerk
PASSED and APPROVED: February 10, 1993