PRINTER'S NO. 2077
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
457
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, OCTOBER 3, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 3, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the Women of the Grange.
WHEREAS, The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of
Husbandry, which was founded December 4, 1867, is celebrating
its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2017-2018; and
WHEREAS, The Grange was founded as an organization created to
promote the economic, social, family values and community
interests of farmers and other men and women of rural America;
and
WHEREAS, Caroline A. Hall, a niece of one of the seven
founders of the National Grange, insisted that the fundamental
structure of the order must treat women equally, something
almost unheard of in that day, indicating the organization will
not succeed unless you give an equal voice to women; and
WHEREAS, The result of her advocacy was equality between men
and women in the Grange in governance, in public policy, and in
a wide range of Grange activities; and
WHEREAS, The structure of the Grange gives men and women
equal voting rights and mandates that women hold four of the
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