PROCLAMATION
RECOGNIZING MARCH 2022 AS
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
IN THE CITY OF HERCULES
WHEREAS, women of every race, class and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of Hercules in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and WHEREAS, women play a critical economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of life in Hercules; and WHEREAS, particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural institutions in our City, women have served as early leaders in the forefront of every major progressive social change movement; and WHEREAS, women have been leaders, not only in securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the abolitionist, emancipation, industrial labor, civil rights, and peace movements, which have created a more fair and just society for all; and WHEREAS, despite these contributions, the role of women has consistently been overlooked and undervalued in the literature, leadership, teaching and study of American history and it is therefore fitting that we recognize their numerous accomplishments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Dion Bailey, Mayor of the City of Hercules, on behalf of the entire City Council do hereby recognize March 2022 as Women’s History Month in our City of Hercules, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the City of Hercules to be affixed this 8th day of March 2022.
Dion Bailey, Mayor