PRINTER'S NO. 2843
No. 462 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY FORCIER, HUTCHINSON, ARGALL, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, CURRY, DALEY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FICHTER, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, KELLER, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS, McGILL, McILHATTAN, PALLONE, PHILLIPS, PISTELLA, ROBERTS, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SCAVELLO, R. STEVENSON, THOMAS, WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 27, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 27, 2003
A RESOLUTION 1 Honoring one of Titusville's most famous citizens by designating 2 November 1, 2003, as "Ida Tarbell Day." 3 WHEREAS, Ida Minerva Tarbell, born in Erie on November 5, 4 1857, was raised in Titusville; and 5 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was the only woman in the 1880 class at 6 Allegheny College; and 7 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell became known throughout the United 8 States as a newspaper and magazine writer and editor, author, 9 lecturer and muckraker; and 10 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell earned recognition for her two-volume 11 "The History of the Standard Oil Company," an expose of John D. 12 Rockefeller's oil interests which resulted in the eventual 13 breakup of the Standard Oil Company; and 14 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell wrote biographies of Napoleon, Madame
1 Roland and Abraham Lincoln, feminist works, "The Business of 2 Being a Woman" and "The Ways of Women" and, in 1939, "All in a 3 Day's Work: An Autobiography"; and 4 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell's biography and selected writings can be 5 found in the Encyclopedia Britannica's "Women in American 6 History"; and 7 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell died on January 6, 1944; and 8 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell's obituary was published in the New York 9 Times; and 10 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was inducted into the National Women's 11 Hall of Fame in 2000; and 12 WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service issued a stamp 13 commemorating Ida Tarbell and other women journalists in 2002; 14 therefore be it 15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory 16 of Ida Tarbell by designating November 1, 2003, as "Ida Tarbell 17 Day." J15L82MRD/20030H0462R2843 - 2 -