PRINTER'S NO. 2770
No. 343 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY FORCIER, HUTCHINSON, ARMSTRONG, BEBKO-JONES,
CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, DeWEESE, J. EVANS, GABIG, GEIST,
HARHAI, HERMAN, HORSEY, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, MAITLAND, MELIO,
PIPPY, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROEBUCK, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR,
SHANER, STABACK, STEELMAN, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 29, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 29, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring November 3, 2001, as "Ida Tarbell Day" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Ida Minerva Tarbell was born on November 5, 1857, in
4 a log home on her maternal grandfather's farm located in
5 northwest Pennsylvania; and
6 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was raised in Titusville during the
7 1860s when the oil industry was developing and flourishing; and
8 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was one of the first women to enter
9 Allegheny College in the fall of 1876; and
10 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell authored 23 major books, including "The
11 History of the Standard Oil Company" and nine books about
12 Abraham Lincoln; and
13 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was a historian and journalist in search
14 of documented facts and not the advocate of a cause or a
15 reformer; and
1 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell, arguably the premier journalist of her
2 generation, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
3 in Seneca Falls, New York, on October 7, 2000; and
4 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell pioneered historical research and set
5 standards which professionals today strive to emulate; and
6 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell died of pneumonia on January 6, 1944,
7 and was buried at the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in
8 Titusville; and
9 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell's passion for truth and knowledge is an
10 enduring legacy for the citizens of this Commonwealth and
11 deserves special recognition; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare November
13 3, 2001, as "Ida Tarbell Day" in Pennsylvania.
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