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ll�� AL f i+ <br />i <br />z Women's History Month <br />3 March 2012 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />February 27, 2012 <br />Item: 5.a <br />Women's History <br />Month Proclamation <br />Whereas: The City of Roseville is committed to recognizing and honoring contributions of <br />all members of our community; and <br />Whereas: In 1980 the Joint Congressional Resolution declared the week of March 8 as <br />National Women's History Week, and in 1987 Congress expanded the celebration of women's <br />contributions to the entire month of March; and <br />Whereas: The movement recognizes and celebrates contributions that women of every race, <br />class and ethnic background have made to the world; and <br />Whereas: It was not until 1833 that Oberlin College became the first college in the United <br />States to admit women; and <br />Whereas: Even as "coeducation" grew, women's courses of study were often different from <br />men's, and women's role models were few, as most faculty members were male; and <br />Whereas: The equal opportunity to learn owes much to Title IX of the Education Codes <br />of the Higher Education Act Amendments, and this legislation, passed in 1972 and enacted in <br />1977, prohibited gender discrimination by federally funded institutions; and <br />Whereas: The 2012 National Women's History Month, Women's Education — Women's <br />Empowerment, recognizes the valiant struggles waged by many tenacious women across years <br />and across cultures to secure equal access to education. <br />Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that the City Council hereby declare March 2012 to be <br />Women's History Month in the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, U.S.A. <br />In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Roseville <br />to be affixed this twenty- seventh day of February 2012. <br />Mayor Daniel J. Roe <br />