PRINTER'S NO. 2986
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
746
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DEAN, O'BRIEN, HENNESSEY, KINSEY, DiGIROLAMO,
YOUNGBLOOD, DRISCOLL, KIM, LONGIETTI, BENNINGHOFF, JAMES,
MATZIE, FRANKEL, DONATUCCI, KIRKLAND, BOBACK, SCHREIBER,
McNEILL, V. BROWN, MURT, CORBIN, DAVIS, SCHLOSSBERG,
CALTAGIRONE, VEREB, EVERETT, MACKENZIE, NEILSON, KRUEGER-
BRANEKY, A. HARRIS, CONKLIN, WHEELAND, SAINATO, MILLARD,
D. COSTA, ENGLISH, KAVULICH, COX, GIBBONS, ROZZI, MENTZER,
WATSON, WARD, BULLOCK, GOODMAN, MARSICO, READSHAW, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, ROSS, R. BROWN, GINGRICH, PAYNE, BIZZARRO, DEASY,
MAJOR, PHILLIPS-HILL, BRADFORD, FARRY AND DeLUCA,
MARCH 18, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 18, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 30, 2016, as "Pennsylvania Female Veterans
Day."
WHEREAS, Women have a long, courageous and often unrecognized
history in providing military service to our country; and
WHEREAS, Women traditionally served as nurses, typists and
clerks and in other support roles; and
WHEREAS, Prior to the Civil War, women who wanted to serve on
the front lines were forced to disguise themselves as men in
order to serve; and
WHEREAS, It was not until the end of World War I that women
were permitted to join the military, and even then it was only
during wartime; and
WHEREAS, With the passage of the Women's Armed Services
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