Bill Text: PA SR47 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing March 2011 as "Women's History Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 23-11)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-01 - Introduced and adopted [SR47 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR47-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 726
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 47 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PILEGGI, COSTA, BAKER, WARD, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON, VANCE, EARLL, BOSCOLA, YAW, STACK, D. WHITE, ARGALL, DINNIMAN, FONTANA, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, VOGEL, TOMLINSON, BRUBAKER, FOLMER, KASUNIC, BREWSTER, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, MENSCH, PIPPY, McILHINNEY, GREENLEAF, FERLO, ALLOWAY, BROWNE AND LEACH, MARCH 1, 2011
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 1, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing March 2011 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 Clare Orie, 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 20% of its membership;
and
WHEREAS, Louise Williams Bishop, Karen Boback, Michele
Brooks, Rosemary Brown, Vanessa Lowery Brown, Michelle Brownlee,
Linda Schlegel Culver, Pamela DeLissio, Sheryl M. Delozier,
Maria Donatucci, Mauree Gingrich, Marcia 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, Chelsa
Wagner, Katherine M. Watson and Rosita C. Youngblood have earned
recognition for public service as members of the House of
Representatives, comprising 15% of its membership; and
WHEREAS, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth, Carol Aichele;
acting Secretary of General Services, Sheri Phillips; Inspector
General, Kenya Mann Faulkner; Secretary of Administration, Kelly
Powell Logan; Secretary of Legislative Affairs, Annmarie Kaiser;
Secretary of Planning and Policy, Jennifer Branstetter; Supreme
Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin; Supreme Court Justice Debra
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Todd; President Judge 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 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 2011 as "Women's
History Month" in Pennsylvania.
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