PRINTER'S NO. 2885
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
701
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DAVIS, COHEN, ROZZI, SIMS, VEREB, MILLARD, CORBIN,
KIRKLAND, THOMAS, SANTARSIERO, DRISCOLL, BOBACK, KOTIK,
O'BRIEN, MARSICO, DiGIROLAMO, BIZZARRO, CALTAGIRONE,
MACKENZIE, SCHREIBER, KAVULICH, WATSON, DONATUCCI, TOOHIL,
GODSHALL, WHEELAND, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, DEAN, SCHWEYER,
McNEILL, ROSS, PHILLIPS-HILL, CONKLIN, MURT, ROEBUCK,
GOODMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, GROVE, READSHAW, PETRI, PAYNE, KIM,
NEILSON, MAJOR, MAHONEY, PASHINSKI, D. COSTA, SCHLOSSBERG,
BULLOCK, DAVIDSON, R. BROWN, BURNS, D. PARKER, P. COSTA,
HARHAI, FRANKEL, PICKETT, ELLIS, HARHART, QUINN, MUSTIO,
GINGRICH, SACCONE, KAUFER, STAATS, HAHN, KLUNK, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, WARD, KORTZ, EVERETT, HEFFLEY AND BRADFORD,
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of March 2016 as "National Women's History
Month" and March 8, 2016, as "International Women's Day" 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
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