PRINTER'S NO. 4020
No. 546 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY FORCIER, HUTCHINSON, SEYFERT, PIPPY, FICHTER,
BELARDI, PISTELLA, ORIE, B. SMITH, CAPPABIANCA, READSHAW,
CALTAGIRONE, ROSS, BEBKO-JONES, MAITLAND, WOJNAROSKI, THOMAS,
RUBLEY, ARGALL, SHANER, GIGLIOTTI, ROBERTS, JOSEPHS, OLASZ,
BARD, HARHAI, STABACK, PESCI, YOUNGBLOOD, BENNINGHOFF,
SERAFINI, CURRY, HERSHEY, HENNESSEY AND KIRKLAND,
OCTOBER 13, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 13, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring November 7, 1998, as "Ida Tarbell Day" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Ida Minerva Tarbell was born on November 5, 1857, in
4 a log home on her maternal grandfather's farm located in
5 northwest Pennsylvania; and
6 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was raised in Titusville during the
7 1860s when the oil industry was developing and flourishing; and
8 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was one of the first women to enter
9 Allegheny College in the fall of 1876; and
10 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell authored 23 major books, including "The
11 History of the Standard Oil Company" and nine books about
12 Abraham Lincoln; and
13 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell was a historian and journalist in search
14 of documented facts and not the advocate of a cause or a
15 reformer; and
1 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell pioneered historical research and set
2 standards which professionals today strive to emulate; and
3 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell died of pneumonia on January 6, 1944,
4 and was buried at the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery in
5 Titusville; and
6 WHEREAS, Ida Tarbell's passion for truth and knowledge is an
7 enduring legacy for the citizens of this Commonwealth and
8 deserves special recognition; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare November
10 7, 1998, as "Ida Tarbell Day" in Pennsylvania.
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