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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 03/21/2000 - PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOM Mayor City of Fort Collins PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a critical role in every sphere of our nation's life, and WHEREAS,American women of every age, race, class, and ethnic background served as early leaders in the forefi-ont of every major progressive social change movement, not only to secure their own right of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the labor union movement, the fight for education, the modern civil rights movement, and today in the drive for health care for all; and WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role ofAmerican women in history has been too often overlooked and undervalued in the body ofAmerican History. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ray Martinez, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2000 as WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH in the city of Fort Collins. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set n y hand and the seal of tine City of Fort Collins this 21 st day of March, A.D. 2000. Mayor ATTEST. City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6505 • FAX (970) 224-6107