PRINTER'S NO. 2651
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
555
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, KOSIEROWSKI, RABB, T. DAVIS, SANCHEZ,
HOHENSTEIN, RYAN, POLINCHOCK, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN, MURT,
KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, DeLUCA, HOWARD, CALTAGIRONE, DONATUCCI,
McCLINTON, HILL-EVANS AND SCHWEYER, OCTOBER 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, OCTOBER 11, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to pass House Res.
1773, which would award the Congressional Gold Medal
collectively to the women who joined the "Rosie the Riveter"
campaign during World War II.
WHEREAS, During World War II, over 6 million women joined the
workforce to manufacture aircraft, vehicles, weaponry,
ammunition and other materials needed for the war after men in
those positions left to fight in the war; and
WHEREAS, Thousands of these women worked in Pennsylvania,
building ships in Philadelphia, working in steel mills in
Pittsburgh, assembling anti-aircraft guns in York, producing
heavy trucks at the Mack Manufacturing Plant in Allentown and
overhauling battle-worn planes at the Harrisburg Shops in
Middletown; and
WHEREAS, These women often faced harassment from male
colleagues and disapproval from family members while still
maintaining personal and family obligations; and
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