PRINTER'S NO. 2494
No. 408 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY WONDERLING, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, COSTA, PUNT,
TARTAGLIONE, STOUT, BOSCOLA, A. WILLIAMS, C. WILLIAMS,
FONTANA, STACK, FERLO, LOGAN, BAKER, KASUNIC, WAUGH, O'PAKE,
M. WHITE, ERICKSON, ORIE, PIPPY, DINNIMAN, TOMLINSON,
BRUBAKER, GREENLEAF, WASHINGTON AND RHOADES, OCTOBER 7, 2008
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 7, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of October 20 through 24, 2008, as
2 "National Business Women's Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Working women constitute 66 million of the nation's
4 work force and strive to serve their communities, their states
5 and their nation in professional, civic and cultural capacities;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, Woman-owned businesses account for 28% of all United
8 States businesses, generating $1.15 trillion in sales; and
9 WHEREAS, In 1928, President Herbert Hoover designated the
10 third week of October as "National Business Women's Week"; and
11 WHEREAS, The major goals of Business and Professional
12 Women/USA are to promote equality for all women and to help
13 create better conditions for working women through the study of
14 social, educational, economic and political issues; and
15 WHEREAS, For 75 years, various women's business groups have
16 been spotlighting the achievements and contributions of working
1 women during "National Business Women's Week"; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of October 20
3 through 24, 2008, as "National Business Women's Week" in
4 Pennsylvania.
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