HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09271988 - 88-627 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF )
Proclaiming October 16-22, 1988 as)
"National Business Women's Week" ) RESOLUTION NO. 88/627
WHEREAS, The National Federation of Business and Professional
Women unites over 140,000 working individuals in more than 60
countries for the promotion of their common interest in education
and industrial, scientific and vocational activities; and
WHEREAS, Since 1919 Business and Professional Women have
been instrumental in countless reforms, among them a bill requir-
ing equal pay for equal work, permitting a wife to possess her
own paycheck, revision of state inheritance tax laws, the estab-
lishment of Status of Women Commissions, a bill outlawing sex
discrimination in employment, and support for an Equal Rights
Amendment to the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Business -and Professional Women have been vitally
interested in elevating the standards for women in business and
in the professions; and
WHEREAS, West Contra Costa, Central Contra Costa, Diablo
Valley, Pittsburg and East County, and Todos Santos Business and
Professional Women area associated with the National and
California Federation of Business and Professional Women and have
helped to promote betterment of our community and its
citizenship.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of Contra Costa County do hereby proclaim the week of October 16-
22, 1988, as
NATIONAL BUSINESS WOMEN'S WEER
and call upon all citizens to recognize the service given to the
community by Business and Professional Women.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by unanimous vote of the Board members
present on this 27th day of September, 1988.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution entered on the minutes of said Board of
Supervisors on the date aorid.
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District III
POWERS NANCY FAHDEN
District I Distri t II
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SUNNE W. MCPEAR TOM TORLARSON
District IV District V
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Board of Supervisors affixed i
this 27th day of September, 1988.
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County
Administrator
0 By
Deputy Clerk