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P ROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, throughout the history of our great nation, women have been subjected to treatment as second
class citizens and have not been entitled to the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional,
which are available to male citizens; and
WHEREAS, women have united and rallied together to assure that these basic rights and privileges are
available to all citizens equally regardless of sex;
WHEREAS, on August 26th , the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was finally ratified after
a seventy-two year struggle by women to win that right; and
WHEREAS, in 1971 the United States Congress designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day each
year; and
WHEREAS, the observance of Women’s Equality Day also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts
toward full equality including equal pay for equal work; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners of Okaloosa County
hereby proclaim August 26, 2014 as:
“Women’s Equality Day”
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August, 2014.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
ATTEST: _________________________________
CHARLES K. WINDES, Jr.
CHAIRMAN
___________________________
DON W. HOWARD
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT