There have been over 100 women in leadership on the commission who have taken part from 1987 until today. We have had the capacity to host on our team: doctors, lawyers, stay at home moms, teachers, scientists, professors, small business owners, you name it and we have had these educated and inspiring women in the same room, planning and strategizing together.

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On February 2nd of 1987, women from Durham County came together to forge a team that would set the precedent for some of the very things we are seeing still today. They sought objectives to keep the community informed of resources, to keep the topic of women’s rights relevant, and to train women to speak up by submitting resolutions and presenting causes for accountability to the county commissioners and community. At the time the county commissioners who helped establish the commission included Bill Bell, Josephine Clement, Al Hight, Rebecca Heron, and Lou McCutcheon.

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