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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: American Business Women's Day
Box: 73 (1983)
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THE UNITED THE STATES. to
American Business Women's Day, 1983
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
The activities of American businesswomen have experienced a dramatic
transition and expansion in recent years. More and more women are partici-
pating in every aspect of business-as owners, executives, professionals,
support staff and production workers.
Women play an increasingly important role in the Nation's economy and in
determining and implementing the direction of both the private and public
sectors of our Nation. Women entrepreneurs currently are the fastest growing
segment of the small business community, owning twenty-two percent of all
sole proprietorships and realizing gross receipts of over $40 billion. Women
own businesses as diverse as coal mining, construction, manufacturing, and
wholesale and retail trade.
With more options and choices available to them, women are realizing their
potential as a vital force in the American economy.
In recognition that businesswomen are increasingly influencing the growth of
our economy and the direction of our Nation, the Congress, by Senate Joint
Resolution 18 (Public Law 98-55), has designated September 22, 1983, as
"American Business Women's Day" and has authorized and requested the
President to issue a proclamation in observance of that day.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim September 22, 1983, as American Business
Women's Day. I call upon every American to join me in observing this day
with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and eighth.
Ronald Reagan