Women's History Month, 2006

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Part V

The President

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Proclamation 7985--Women's History Month, 2006

Proclamation 7986--Save Your Vision Week, 2006

Proclamation 7987--To Implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-
United States Free Trade Agreement

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 7985 of February 27, 2006

Women's History Month, 2006

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

For generations, women across our great land have
helped make our country stronger and better. They have
improved our communities and played a vital role in
achieving justice and equal rights for all our
citizens. During Women's History Month, we celebrate
the many contributions women make to our society.

At the end of the 19th century, pioneers Jane Addams
and Ellen Starr opened the doors of Hull House to serve
impoverished and immigrant families in the Chicago
community. Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Annie
Dodge Wauneka worked to educate her native Navajo
community about preventing and treating disease. In
1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city
bus in Montgomery, Alabama, helping to inspire a
nationwide movement for equal justice under the law.
Recently, our Nation said goodbye to another remarkable
American woman and courageous civil rights leader,
Coretta Scott King, who helped call America to its
founding ideals.

Today, the United States of America remains a country
that offers the greatest freedom on Earth and believes
in the promise of all individuals. Women continue to
strengthen our Nation and the world by excelling as
leaders in all walks of life, including business, law,
politics, family life, education, community service,
science, medicine, and the arts. The brave women who
wear the uniform of the United States Armed Forces are
helping to lay the foundations of peace and freedom for
generations to come. This month, I encourage all
Americans to join me in celebrating the extraordinary
achievements and contributions of American women.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim March 2006 as Women's
History Month. I call upon all Americans to observe
this month with appropriate ceremonies and activities
to honor the history, accomplishments, and
contributions of all American women.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

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