HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-Public CommentsLeague of Women Voters
of San Bernardino
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San Bernardino, California 92401 -1 21 8
Ilon. Susan Lien
Councilman, Second Ward
City Hall Council Office
300 North "D" Street
San Bernardino, CA 92418
Dear Councilman Lien:
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As I am certain you are aware, July 19, 1998 is the 150th Anniversary of the
beginning of the Women's Rights Movement in the United States. On July 18, 1848,
during a year of revolutions across Europe, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Coffin
Mott called a convention of women that met in Seneca Falls, New York. During the
convention a set of resolutions were adopted calling for equal rights for men and women
in voting, as well as in: education, employment, marriage and religion.
I am requesting that the City of San Bernardino act on behalf of their constituents
and contribute to the community's awareness of this anniversary by sponsoring a formal
proclamation recognizing its significance.
I am attaching a sample proclamation for the Common Council's review.
Thank you for your attention to this request.
cc: Common Council, City Clerk.
James L. Mulvihill
President
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Letter: Hon. Susan Lien
July 4, 1998
SAMPLE PROCLAMATION for:
The 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement.
Whereas 1998 will mark the 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement in the
United States, a bold and courageous civil rights movement that began in 1848 in Seneca
Fails, New York, at the first Women's Rights Convention ever held; and
Whereas The Declaration of Sentiments issued by that Convention represents a work as
fundamental to our nation's commitment to liberty and personal freedom as does our
Declaration of Independence; and
Whereas the declaration launched a movement that has changed this nation and the hopes
of its women irrevocably, and
Whereas the resulting Women's Rights Movement has had a profound and undeniable
impact on all aspects of American life, and has opened new and well - deserved
opportunities for women in all fields of endeavor, including among others commerce,
athletics, business, education, religion, the arts and scientific exploration; and
Whereas the full history of this century-and -a -half of efforts now spanning seven
generations of unceasing work to achieve equality for fully half the American population
still, regrettably, remains unknown and unrecognized by our nation's citizens; and
Whereas the girls and boys of today, together, have lives far richer and far fairer as a
direct result of the Women's Rights Movement, yet they have scant opportunity to know
the heroes and lessons of this vital movement through the textbooks in most classrooms;
and
Whereas the twenty -first century will find an ever - increasing need for both women and
men to share in the fundamental responsibilities for our national life and the blessings that
must result from full and equal participation in society, and
Whereas there still remain substantial barriers to the full equality of America's women
before our freedom as a Nation can be called complete:
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Letter: Hon. Susan Lien
July 4, 1998
Now therefore, be it resolved that 1998 will be widely recognized and celebrated as the
150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement under the national theme, "Living
the Legacy: Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998." We hereby call on educators,
government officials, businesses, and all citizens to mark this year of celebration with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that will remember with gratitude those
who have contributed to the nation we were envisioned and created to be, where all have
by right a position of equality, fairness, justice, and freedom, in the society of the United
State of America.
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