PRINTER'S NO. 4096
No. 614 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY FORCIER, HUTCHINSON, WILT, ARMSTRONG, FICHTER,
HERSHEY, LYNCH, McILHATTAN, PIPPY, ROSS AND RUBLEY,
OCTOBER 11, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 11, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring November 4, 2000, 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
16 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell, arguably the premier journalist of her
17 generation, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
1 in Seneca Falls, New York, on October 7, 2000; and
2 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell pioneered historical research and set
3 standards which professionals today strive to emulate; and
4 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell died of pneumonia on January 6, 1944,
5 and was buried at the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in
6 Titusville; and
7 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell's passion for truth and knowledge is an
8 enduring legacy for the citizens of this Commonwealth and
9 deserves special recognition; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare November
11 4, 2000, as "Ida Tarbell Day" in Pennsylvania.
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