PRINTER'S NO. 2977
No. 347 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, ADOLPH, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BARD,
BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BOSCOLA,
BROWNE, CARN, CIVERA, L. I. COHEN, CORPORA, CORRIGAN, COWELL,
COY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DENT, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FAIRCHILD,
FICHTER, FLICK, GEIST, GEORGE, GORDNER, HALUSKA, HARHART,
HERSHEY, ITKIN, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN,
LEDERER, MAITLAND, MANDERINO, McCALL, McNAUGHTON, MELIO,
MILLER, MUNDY, ORIE, PETRONE, PIPPY, PISTELLA, PLATTS, RAMOS,
RAYMOND, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHULER, SHANER, B. SMITH,
STURLA, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRELLO, WALKO,
A. H. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, M. N. WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG AND
SEYFERT, FEBRUARY 17, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 17, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating April 23, 1998, as "Take Our Daughters to Work Day"
2 in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" is part of the Ms.
4 Foundation for Women's public education campaign that helps keep
5 girls healthy, confident and resilient during adolescence; and
6 WHEREAS, "Take Our Daughters to Work Day," now in its sixth
7 year, provides opportunities for businesses, educators,
8 community-based organizations and government officials to make
9 girls visible, valued and heard; and
10 WHEREAS, Last year, millions of girls across the country and
11 around the world went to workplaces with caring adult mentors
12 who paid attention to the girls' ideas and future plans and
1 showed them all the different life options that are available to
2 women; and
3 WHEREAS, "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" has provided many
4 government officials and employees with the opportunity to
5 better understand the challenges today's young women face
6 economically, socially and physically; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
8 23, 1998, as "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" in Pennsylvania.
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