P R O C L A M A T I O N
RECOGNIZING MARCH 2024 AS WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
WHEREAS, Women’s History Month has been observed yearly during the month of March in Mendocino County since 1983, and it has been observed nationally since 1987; and WHEREAS, Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society. Each year there is a national theme--this year Women’s History Month celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,” recognizing women who promote the need to eliminate bias and discrimination from individuals' lives and institutions; and WHEREAS, the Mendocino Women’s Political Coalition (MWPC), together with the AAUW-Ukiah, will host an annual Mendocino Women’s History Gala Celebration, honoring local women who exemplify the Women’s History Month annual theme on March 3, 2024 at the Space Theater in Ukiah; and WHEREAS, 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 and have served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and WHEREAS, 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, women have played a unique role throughout the history of the Nation by providing the majority of the country’s volunteer labor force; and WHEREAS, women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic, and cultural institutions; and WHEREAS, American women have served our country courageously in the military; and WHEREAS, 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, I, Bernie Norvell, Mayor of the City of Fort Bragg, on behalf of the entire City Council, join other communities in the nation in proclaiming the of March as “Women’s History Month.” SIGNED this 26th day of February, 2024
BERNIE NORVELL, Mayor
ATTEST:
Diana Sanchez, City Clerk
No. 06-2023