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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1826 PRINTER'S NO. 1829
No. 261 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, WONDERLING, PILEGGI, PUNT, TOMLINSON,
BRUBAKER, TARTAGLIONE, PIPPY, KASUNIC, HUGHES, STOUT, STACK,
LAVALLE, PICCOLA, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, DINNIMAN, GREENLEAF,
C. WILLIAMS, LOGAN, O'PAKE, FONTANA, ARMSTRONG, REGOLA,
KITCHEN, MELLOW, WAUGH, ERICKSON AND GORDNER, MARCH 12, 2008
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 12, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing March 2008 as "Women's History Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Women of every race, class and ethnic background
4 have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of
5 this nation in countless ways; and
6 WHEREAS, Women have played and continue to play a critical
7 economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of the life
8 of this nation by constituting a significant portion of the
9 labor force working inside and outside of the home; and
10 WHEREAS, Women have played a unique role throughout the
11 history of this nation by providing the majority of the
12 volunteer labor force; and
13 WHEREAS, Women were particularly important in the
14 establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural
15 institutions in this nation; and
16 WHEREAS, Women of every race, class and ethnic background
1 served as early leaders in the forefront of every major
2 progressive social change movement; and
3 WHEREAS, Women have been leaders, not only in securing the
4 rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the
5 abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial
6 labor movement, the civil rights movement and the peace
7 movement, all of which created a more fair and just society for
8 all; and
9 WHEREAS, Lisa Baker, Lisa M. Boscola, Jane M. Earll, Shirley
10 M. Kitchen, Jane Clare Orie, Tina M. Tartaglione, Patricia H.
11 Vance, LeAnna Washington, Mary Jo White and Connie Williams have
12 earned recognition for public service as members of the Senate
13 of this Commonwealth, comprising 20% of its membership; and
14 WHEREAS, Lisa Bennington, Karen Beyer, Louise Williams
15 Bishop, Karen Boback, Michele Brooks, Mauree Gingrich, Julie
16 Harhart, Kate Harper, Susan C. Helm, Babette Josephs, Deberah
17 Kula, Beverly Mackereth, Sandra Major, Kathy M. Manderino,
18 Jennifer L. Mann, Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Phyllis Mundy,
19 Cherelle L. Parker, Tina Pickett, Marguerite Quinn, Kathy Rapp,
20 Carole Rubley, RoseMarie Swanger, Katie True, Chelsa Wagner,
21 Katherine M. Watson and Rosita C. Youngblood have earned
22 recognition for public service as members of the House of
23 Representatives comprising 12% of its membership; and
24 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Governor, Catherine Baker Knoll;
25 Secretary of Public Welfare, Estelle B. Richman; Secretary of
26 Aging, Nora Dowd Eisenhower; Secretary of Environmental
27 Protection, Kathleen Alana McGinty; Adjutant General, Major
28 General Jessica L. Wright; State Treasurer, Robin L. Weissmann;
29 Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education, Dr. Judy G.
30 Hample; President Judge of the Superior Court, Honorable Kate
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1 Ford Elliott; and President Judge of the Commonwealth Court,
2 Honorable Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter are all women who hold
3 prominent positions in State government; and
4 WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of women in
5 history has often been overlooked and undervalued in the
6 literature, teaching and study of American history; and
7 WHEREAS, In 1987, and each successive year thereafter, the
8 Congress of the United States has declared March as "National
9 Women's History Month"; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize March 2008 as "Women's
11 History Month" in Pennsylvania.
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