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Docusign Envelope ID: E9802B03-950D-407D-8A9D-87D3C51D91AA RESOLUTION NO. 2026- 08 BY: Baker, Bixenstine, Bullock, Evans, Kepple, Steiner, Strebig A RESOLUTION to join with states, municipalities, and other jurisdictions around the country to designate March as Women' s History Month in the City of Lakewood, Ohio by recognizing the struggles and celebrating the achievements of women both locally and nationally. WHEREAS, as a result of congressional action, Women' s History Month began as Women' s History Week in 1982 and was later expanded to Women' s History Month in 1987; and, WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has a unique and proud history of effectuating women' s suffrage, whereby through significant activism and organizing by now -historic figures such as Bernice Pyke, women' s suffrage was placed on the ballot in 1917 and won with 70% support, granting Lakewood women the right to vote in local elections two years before the 19cn Amendment was adopted in 1920; and, WHEREAS, a number of Lakewood' s native daughters are firmly established in women' s history for being among the first generation of elected female leaders including Bernice Pyke who was elected to the Lakewood Board of Education in 1920, before rising through the political ranks; Maude C. Waitt who was among the first cohort of women elected to the State Senate; and attorney Ellen May Durschiag Goldenbogen who served as President of Lakewood City Council from 1926 until 1929; and, WHEREAS, women have been leaders in not only securing their own rights, but also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the labor movement, the civil right movements, and countless other movements to create a more fair and just society for all; and, WHEREAS, women have played and continue to play a critical economic, cultural, and social role in our community by constituting a significant portion of the paid labor force and by volunteering to serve in unpaid positions that advance important civic, cultural, and philanthropic values; and, WHEREAS, in a nation with very little safety net, where both childcare and elder care are prohibitively expensive and there are no federal paid leave programs or guaranteed income for those with caretaking responsibilities, it is most often women who step up to serve their families in this critical, yet sometimes invisible manner; and, WHEREAS, women of every race, class, and ethnic background have made contributions to the City of Lakewood and the Nation at large in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That this Council does hereby declare the month of March 2026 as Women' s History Month in Lakewood, Ohio and calls on all citizens to help recognize and pay tribute to the important contributions of women in our community and in our Nation. Docusign Envelope ID: E9802B03- 950D- 407D- 8A9D- 87D3C51D91AA Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. Adopted: March 2, 2026 Approved: 3 uP DacuSlgned by: Sarah Kepple, President of Council DocuSigned by: Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council MeghaK F. George, Mayor