PRINTER'S NO. 1081
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
89
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, JOZWIAK, ISAACSON, SANCHEZ, MADDEN,
FREEMAN, KENYATTA, SAPPEY, HILL-EVANS, McNEILL, PROBST,
SCHLOSSBERG, GUENST, MENTZER, BURGOS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, CIRESI,
GALLOWAY, DELLOSO, NEILSON, SAMUELSON, MALAGARI, KHAN,
CONKLIN AND GILLEN, APRIL 28, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 28, 2023
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Designating March 21, 2023, as "Rosie the Riveter Day" in
Pennsylvania and honoring the service and contributions of
the millions of women who entered the workforce during World
War II.
WHEREAS, During World War II, 16 million American men left
their jobs in order to fight the Axis powers around the world;
and
WHEREAS, Millions of vacant jobs were filled by women who,
traditionally, did not work in the manufacturing sector; and
WHEREAS, In an effort to recruit women into the workforce,
the Federal Government began a campaign that included magazine
articles appealing to women; and
WHEREAS, On the cover of the May 29, 1943, edition of the
Saturday Evening Post, Norman Rockwell illustrated the first
Rosie the Riveter; and
WHEREAS, The millions of women who helped support the war
effort began to identify with Rosie the Riveter; and
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WHEREAS, Among those identifying with this imagery were the
thousands of women from this Commonwealth who helped
Pennsylvania become "The Arsenal of America"; and
WHEREAS, These women built ships at the Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard, assembled anti-aircraft guns at the Naval Ordnance
Plant in York, assisted with the production of heavy trucks at
the Mack Manufacturing Corporation in Allentown, overhauled
battle-worn airplanes at the Harrisburg Shops in Middletown and
worked in the steel mills of Allegheny County; and
WHEREAS, During World War II, the working women of this
Commonwealth and the United States saw Rosie the Riveter as an
icon of female patriotism and a symbol of what was necessary to
support the war effort on the home front; and
WHEREAS, In the fall of 2020, President Trump signed the
Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act, which
collectively awards the Congressional Gold Medal to all of the
women who entered the workforce during World War II; therefore
be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
designate March 21, 2023, as "Rosie the Riveter Day" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly honor the service and
contributions of the millions of women who entered the workforce
during World War II.
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