Pennsylvania HR 385: A Resolution designating March 21, 2026, as "Rosie the Riveter Day" in Pennsylvania and honoring the service and contributions of the millions of women who entered the workforce during World War II.

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PRINTER'S NO. 2753
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 385
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY SHUSTERMAN, T. DAVIS, HARKINS, PIELLI, RIVERA,
ISAACSON, HILL-EVANS, WAXMAN, KHAN, CONKLIN, McNEILL, PROBST,
KAZEEM, BRENNAN, HOWARD, GUENST, FREEMAN, MENTZER, ANDERSON,
GALLAGHER, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HADDOCK, STEELE,
HOHENSTEIN, BOROWSKI, O'MARA, DALEY AND SCHWEYER,
JANUARY 8, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 12, 2026
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 21, 2026, as "Rosie the Riveter Day" in
Pennsylvania and honoring the service and contributions of
the millions of women who entered the workforce during World
War II.
WHEREAS, During World War II, 16 million American men left
their jobs in order to fight the Axis powers around the world;
and
WHEREAS, Millions of vacant jobs were filled by women who,
traditionally, did not work in the manufacturing sector; and
WHEREAS, Women were now working in factories providing the
aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition and other material to
win the war; and
WHEREAS, In an effort to recruit women into the workforce,
the Federal Government began a campaign that included magazine
articles appealing to women; and
WHEREAS, On the cover of the May 29, 1943, edition of the
Saturday Evening Post, Norman Rockwell illustrated the first
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Rosie the Riveter; and
WHEREAS, The millions of women who helped support the war
effort began to identify with Rosie the Riveter; and
WHEREAS, Among those identifying with this imagery were the
thousands of women from this Commonwealth who helped
Pennsylvania become "The Arsenal of America"; and
WHEREAS, These women built ships at the Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard, assembled anti-aircraft guns at the Naval Ordnance
Plant in York, assisted with the production of heavy trucks at
the Mack Manufacturing Corporation in Allentown, overhauled
battle-worn airplanes at the Harrisburg Shops in Middletown,
processed ammunition, including hand grenades and bombs, at
Franklin County's Letterkenny Ordnance Depot and worked in the
steel mills of Allegheny County; and
WHEREAS, During World War II, and in the years since, the
working women of this Commonwealth and the United States saw
Rosie the Riveter as an icon of female patriotism and a symbol
of what was necessary to support the war effort and win the war;
and
WHEREAS, Mae Krier, now living in Levittown, worked as a
Rosie the Riveter on B-17s and B-29s in the Boeing Aircraft
factory in Seattle, Washington, during World War II; and
WHEREAS, March 21, 2026, is the occasion of Mae Krier's 100th
birthday; and
WHEREAS, Mae Krier was instrumental in advocating for the
Congressional Gold Medal to be awarded to honor all the Rosie
the Riveters; and
WHEREAS, In December 2020, President Trump signed the Rosie
the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act, which collectively
awards the Congressional Gold Medal to all of the women who
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entered the workforce during World War II; and
WHEREAS, Mae Krier participated in designing the
Congressional Gold Medal produced by the United States Mint and
accepted the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of all Rosie the
Riveters at a ceremony in the United States Capitol in
Washington, DC, on April 10, 2024; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate March
21, 2026, as "Rosie the Riveter Day" in Pennsylvania; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the service
and contributions of the millions of women who entered the
workforce during World War II.
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