PRINTER'S NO. 376
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
74
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DAVIS, NEUMAN, WHEATLEY, FRANKEL, COHEN, KIRKLAND,
O'NEILL, C. PARKER, KOTIK, HENNESSEY, CORBIN, LONGIETTI,
TOEPEL, ACOSTA, KIM, V. BROWN, SCHLOSSBERG, DiGIROLAMO,
VEREB, GOODMAN, WATSON, DeLUCA, MILLARD, BISHOP, MACKENZIE,
FARINA, SANTARSIERO, O'BRIEN, HARHART, SCHWEYER, MARSICO,
STURLA, EVERETT, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, MURT, ROSS, READSHAW,
BROWNLEE, SABATINA, MAJOR, DONATUCCI, MAHONEY, McCARTER,
ROEBUCK, GIBBONS AND ROZZI, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing March 8, 2015, as "International Women's Day" and
the month of March 2015 as "National Women's History Month"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Women of every race, class and ethnic background
have made historic contributions to the growth and strength of
the nation and the world in countless recorded and unrecorded
ways; and
WHEREAS, American women have played and continue to play a
critical economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of
the life of the nation by constituting a significant portion of
the labor force, working inside and outside the home; and
WHEREAS, American women were particularly important in the
establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural
institutions in the nation; and
WHEREAS, American women have been leaders, not only in
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