HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2312 RESOLUTION NO. 2312
DESIGNATING WCMEN ' S HISTORY
WHEREAS, women of every race, class and ethnic background helped
develop the City of Saratoga in countless recorded and unrecorded ways as
servants, nurses, nuns, homemakers, industrial workers, teachers, reformers,
soldiers and pioneers, and
WH]~, women have played and continue to play a 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 opportunty, but have been
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 thepeacemovement, and
WI~, despite these contributions, the role of women has been consistently
overlooked and undervalued.
NOW, THERE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the week of March 2-8, 1986, be designated
"Women's History Wee~'and that the people of the City of Saratoga 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.
The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 19th day of February,
1986, by the following vote:
AYES: Councihnenbers Callon, Fanelli, Hlava, Moyles and Mayor Clevenger
NDES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
Deputy 'City Clerk