HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2018.03.08 - 23352REQUESTING SUSPENSION
OF THE BOARD RULES FOR
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
UNDER NEW BUSINESS
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #18073
BY: Commissioner Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Nancy Quarles, District #17; Helaine Zack, District
#18; Shelley Taub, District #12; Eileen KowaII, District #6; Janet Jackson, District #21; Christine Long,
District #7; Tom Middleton, District #4; Wade Fleming, District #16; 4-fre,--jecrt-7 er"
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — DESIGNATING MARCH 2018 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY
MONTH IN OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentleman:
WHEREAS women of every race, class and ethnic background have made historic contributions to the
growth and strength of our nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
WHEREAS women have played and continue to play a critical economic, cultural and social role in every
sphere of the life of the nation by constituting a significant portion of the labor force working inside and
outside of the home; and
WHEREAS women have played a unique role throughout the history of the nation by providing the majority
of the volunteer labor force of the nation; and
WHEREAS women were particularly important in the establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and
cultural institutions in our nation; and
WHEREAS women of every race, class and ethnic background served as early leaders in the forefront of
every major progressive social change movement; and
WHEREAS women have been leaders in critical roles and at crucial points of history to create a fair and
just society for all; and
WHEREAS greater attention to the role of American women in history in the literature, teaching and study
of history would provide inspiration, hope and drive to new generations of women leaders; and
WHEREAS in 1980, President Jimmy Carter designated March 2 — 8 as National Women's History Week,
stating, in part, "From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who
befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were
unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage,
strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know
so well"; and
WHEREAS in 1987, Congress passed a resolution and President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation
designating the entire month of March as Women's History Month, honoring the achievements of American
women; and
WHEREAS in 1987, the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame was dedicated and opened
to the public, displaying cultural and historical exhibits on the accomplishments of Michigan women; and
WHEREAS many remarkable women have been inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame,
including many , fronn Oakland County, such as Bertha Van Hoosen, an 1888 University of Michigan Medical
School graduate, private practice doctor and Professor of Medicine; and
WHEREAS in 2012, the United States Census Bureau identified Oakland County as having 47,453 women-
owned businesses, and in July of 2016, the number of females made up 51.2% of the county population.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates March 2018 as Women's History Month in Oakland County and encourages our citizens,
governmental agencies, businesses and schools to celebrate the generations of women who have left
enduring imprints on our history.
Chairperson, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Colisioner Eileen Ko all
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Resolution #18073 March 8, 2018
Moved by Gershenson supported by Long to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous Resolution
#18073 - Board of Commissioners — Designating March 2018 as Women's History Month in Oakland
County.
Vote on motion to suspend the rules:
AYES: Kochenderfer, KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert,
Woodward, Zack, Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingen, Hoffman,
Jackson. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the motion to suspend the rules and vote on Miscellaneous
Resolution #18073 - Board of Commissioners — Designating March 2018 as Women's History Month in
Oakland County carried.
Moved by Gershenson supported by Long the resolution be adopted.
AYES: KowaII, Long, McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack,
Berman, Bowman, Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson,
Kochenderfer. (20)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolution was adopted.
HEREENAPPROVE THIS RESOLUTION
CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ACTING PURSUANT TO MCL 45,559A (7)
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on March 8, 2018,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 8th day of March, 2018.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County
