PRINTER'S NO. 3331
No. 432 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, G. WRIGHT, BELARDI, BISHOP, BUNT,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, CURRY, DERMODY,
DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER,
GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, D. EVANS, MUNDY, GRUCELA, SATHER,
WOJNAROSKI, WATSON, WASHINGTON, WALKO, TRAVAGLIO, TIGUE,
THOMAS, E. Z. TAYLOR, TANGRETTI, STURLA, SOLOBAY, SCHULER,
SANTONI, RUBLEY, ROONEY, ROBINSON, READSHAW, PIPPY, MELIO,
McGEEHAN, McCALL, MANN, LEWIS, LESCOVITZ, LEDERER, LAUGHLIN,
JAMES, HERMAN, WILT, DiGIROLAMO, TRICH, HARHAI, LUCYK,
J. TAYLOR, ROEBUCK AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 14, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 14, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating March 2002 as "Women's History Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Women of every race, class and ethnic background
4 have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of
5 our nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways; and
6 WHEREAS, Women have played and continue to play a critical
7 economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of life of
8 this Commonwealth by constituting a significant portion of the
9 labor force working inside and outside of the home; and
10 WHEREAS, Women were particularly important in the
11 establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural
12 institutions in our Commonwealth and across the nation; and
13 WHEREAS, Women of every race, class and ethnic background
1 served as early leaders in the forefront of every major
2 progressive social change movement; and
3 WHEREAS, Women have been leaders not only in securing their
4 own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the
5 abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial
6 labor movement, the civil rights movement, the peace movement
7 and other movements which create a more fair and just society
8 for all; and
9 WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of women in
10 history has been consistently overlooked and undervalued in the
11 literature, teaching and study of American history; therefore be
12 it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate March
14 2002 as "Women's History Month" in Pennsylvania and encourage
15 the citizens of this Commonwealth to observe this month with
16 appropriate programs, ceremonies and activities.
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