[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[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.