Bill Text: PA SR253 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing March 2012 as "Women's History Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-07 - Introduced and adopted [SR253 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR253-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1946
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 253 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, BAKER, BOSCOLA, KITCHEN, TARTAGLIONE, VANCE, WARD, WASHINGTON, M. WHITE, ARGALL, BLAKE, BREWSTER, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, COSTA, DINNIMAN, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FOLMER, FONTANA, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, LEACH, McILHINNEY, PILEGGI, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SOLOBAY, STACK, VOGEL, WAUGH, D. WHITE, YAW AND YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 7, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing March 2012 as "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
this nation in countless ways; and
WHEREAS, Women have played and continue to play a critical
economic, cultural and social role in every sphere of the life
of this nation by constituting a significant portion of the
labor force working inside and outside the home; and
WHEREAS, Women have played a unique role throughout the
history of this nation by providing the majority of the
volunteer labor force; and
WHEREAS, Women were particularly important in the
establishment of early charitable, philanthropic and cultural
institutions in this nation; and
WHEREAS, Women of every race, class and ethnic background
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served as early leaders in the forefront of every major
progressive social change movement; and
WHEREAS, Women have been leaders, not only in securing the
rights of suffrage and equal opportunity, but also in the
abolitionist movement, the emancipation movement, the industrial
labor movement and the civil rights movement, all of which
created a fair and more just society for all; and
WHEREAS, Lisa Baker, Lisa M. Boscola, Jane M. Earll, Shirley
M. Kitchen, Jane C. Orie, Judith L. Schwank, Christine M.
Tartaglione, Patricia H. Vance, Kim L. Ward, LeAnna M.
Washington and Mary Jo White have earned recognition for public
service as members of the Senate of this Commonwealth,
comprising 22% of its membership; and
WHEREAS, Louise Williams Bishop, Karen Boback, Michele
Brooks, Rosemary M. Brown, Vanessa Lowery Brown, Michelle F.
Brownlee, Linda Schlegel Culver, Margo L. Davidson, Tina M.
Davis, Pamela A. DeLissio, Sheryl M. Delozier, Maria P.
Donatucci, Mauree Gingrich, Marcia M. Hahn, Julie Harhart, Kate
Harper, Susan C. Helm, Babette Josephs, Deberah Kula, Sandra
Major, Jennifer Mann, Phyllis Mundy, Donna Oberlander, Cherelle
L. Parker, Tina Pickett, Marguerite Quinn, Kathy L. Rapp,
RoseMarie Swanger, Marcy Toepel, Tarah Toohil, Katherine M.
Watson and Rosita C. Youngblood have earned recognition for
public service as members of the House of Representatives,
comprising nearly 16% of its membership; and
WHEREAS, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Carol Aichele;
Secretary of General Services, Sheri Phillips; Director of
Planning and Policy, Jennifer Branstetter; Inspector General,
Kenya Mann Fulkner; Secretary of Labor and Industry, Julia K.
Hearthway; Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Annmarie Kaiser;
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Secretary of Administration, Kelly Powell Logan; Supreme Court
Justice Joan Orie Melvin; Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd;
President Judge Emeritus of the Superior Court, Kate Ford
Elliott; Superior Court Judge Cheryl Lynn Allen; Superior Court
Judge Mary Jane Bowes; Superior Court Judge Christine L.
Donohue; Superior Court Judge Susan Peikes Gantman; Superior
Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus; Superior Court Judge Sallie Updyke
Mundy; Superior Court Judge Judith Ference Olson; Superior Court
Judge Paula Francisco Ott; and Superior Court Judge Jacqueline
O. Shogan; President Judge of the Commonwealth Court, Bonnie
Brigance Leadbetter; Commonwealth Court Judge Anne Covey;
Commonwealth Court Judge Rochelle S. Friedman; Commonwealth
Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer; Commonwealth Court Judge Mary
Hannah Leavitt; and Commonwealth Judge Patricia A. McCullough
are all women who hold prominent positions in State government;
and
WHEREAS, Despite these contributions, the role of women in
history has often been overlooked and undervalued in the
literature, teaching and study of American history; and
WHEREAS, In 1987, and each successive year thereafter, the
Congress of the United States has declared March as "National
Women's History Month"; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize March 2012 as "Women's
History Month" in Pennsylvania.
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