PRINTER'S NO. 658
No. 38 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY SCHWARTZ, EARLL, KUKOVICH, BODACK, HELFRICK,
WAGNER, MOWERY, THOMPSON, TOMLINSON, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA,
MUSTO, DENT, CORMAN, ROBBINS, WENGER, HUGHES, MURPHY AND
O'PAKE, MARCH 12, 2001
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 12, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating March 2001 as "Women's History Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, American women of every race, class and ethnic
4 background have made historic contributions to the growth and
5 strength of our nation in countless recorded and unrecorded
6 ways; and
7 WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a
8 critical economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of
9 the life of the nation by constituting a significant portion of
10 the labor force working inside and outside of the home; and
11 WHEREAS, American women have played a unique role throughout
12 the history of the nation by providing the majority of the
13 volunteer labor force of the nation; and
14 WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the
15 establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural
16 institutions in our nation; and
17 WHEREAS, American women of every race, class and ethnic
1 background served as early leaders in the forefront of every
2 major progressive social change movement; and
3 WHEREAS, American women have been leaders not only in
4 securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity but
5 also in the abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement,
6 the industrial labor movement, the civil rights movement and
7 other movements, especially the peace movement, which have
8 contributed to a more fair and just society for all; and
9 WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of American
10 women in history has been consistently overlooked and
11 undervalued in the literature, teaching and study of American
12 history; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate March 2001 as "Women's
14 History Month" in Pennsylvania.
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