Baltimore City Council
File #: 06-0154R    Version: 0 Name: Celebrating National Women's History Month In Baltimore
Type: City Council Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/6/2006 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 3/6/2006
Enactment #:
Title: Celebrating National Women's History Month In Baltimore FOR the purpose of celebrating National Women's History Month by paying homage to the women in our lives, recognizing their many accomplishments and selfless devotion that have helped build our communities, as well as our dreams, and honoring the spirit of possibility and hope set in motion by generations of women who brought our communities together and restored hope in the face of impossible odds.
Sponsors: President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, President Young, Kenneth Harris, Robert Curran, Agnes Welch, Keiffer Mitchell, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Belinda Conaway, James B. Kraft
Indexes: Resolution, Women
Attachments: 1. 06-0154R - 1st Reader.pdf
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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Dixon

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Celebrating National Women's History Month In Baltimore

FOR the purpose of celebrating National Women's History Month by paying homage to the women in our lives, recognizing their many accomplishments and selfless devotion that have helped build our communities, as well as our dreams, and honoring the spirit of possibility and hope set in motion by generations of women who brought our communities together and restored hope in the face of impossible odds.
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The public celebration of women's history in this country began in 1978 as "Women's History Week" in Sonoma County, California. In 1981, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Representative Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) co-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming a national Women's History Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the celebration to a month, and March was declared National Women's History Month.

In honor of National Women's History Month, the City of Baltimore, the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance will welcome visitors to cultural heritage exhibits and special events In Celebration of Women. In Celebration of Women is a city-wide initiative created to highlight Baltimore as a destination rich in women's art, history, and contributions.

This program will bring together Baltimore's Walters Art Museum and the Con...

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