A concurrent resolution honoring the contribution of the women, symbolized by "Rosie the Riveter", who served on the homefront during World War II, and for other purposes.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 103 Referred in House (RFH)]

2d Session
S. CON. RES. 103

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 18, 2004

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Honoring the contributions of the women, symbolized by ``Rosie the
Riveter'', who served on the homefront during World War II, and for
other purposes.

Whereas during World War II, 6,000,000 women stepped forward to work in
homefront industries to produce the ships, planes, tanks, trucks, guns,
and ammunition that were crucial to achieving an Allied victory;
Whereas women worked in homefront industries as welders, riveters, engineers,
designers, and managers, and held other positions that had traditionally
been held by men;
Whereas these women demonstrated great skill and dedication in the difficult and
often dangerous jobs they held, which enabled them to produce urgently
needed military equipment at recordbreaking speeds;
Whereas the need for labor in homefront industries during World War II opened
new employment opportunities for women from all walks of life and
dramatically increased gender and racial integration in the workplace;
Whereas the service of women on the homefront during World War II marked an
unprecedented entry of women into jobs that had traditionally been held
by men and created a lasting legacy of the ability of women to succeed
in those jobs;
Whereas these women devoted their hearts and souls to their work to assure
safety and success for their husbands, sons, and other loved ones on the
battle front;
Whereas the needs of working mothers resulted in the creation of child care
programs, leading to the lasting legacy of public acceptance of early
child development and care outside the home;
Whereas the needs of women on the homefront led to employer-sponsored prepaid
and preventative health care never before seen in the United States; and
Whereas in 2000, Congress recognized the significance to the Nation of the
industrial achievements on the homefront during World War II and the
legacy of the women who worked in those industries through the
establishment of the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National
Historical Park in Richmond, California, as a unit of the National Park
System: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
That Congress--
(1) honors the extraordinary contributions of the women
whose dedicated service on the homefront during World War II
was instrumental in achieving an Allied victory;
(2) recognizes the lasting legacy of equal employment
opportunity and support for child care and health care that
developed during the ``Rosie the Riveter'' era; and
(3) calls on the people of the United States to take the
opportunity to study, reflect on, and celebrate the stories and
accomplishments of women who served the Nation as ``Rosies''
during World War II.

Passed the Senate May 17, 2004.

Attest:

EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

Secretary.