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Calendar No. 540 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 413 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 3, 2004 
Received and placed on the calendar 
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 for-
ward 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 dedica-
tion in the difficult and often dangerous jobs they held, 
which enabled them to produce urgently needed military 
equipment at recordbreaking speeds;
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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 cre-
ated 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 cre-
ation 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 em-
ployer-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 Na-
tional Historical Park in Richmond, California, as a unit 
of the National Park System: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) honors the extraordinary contributions of 
the women whose dedicated service on the homefront
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during World War II was instrumental in achieving 
an Allied victory; 
(2) recognizes the lasting legacy of equal em-
ployment 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 cele-
brate the stories and accomplishments of women 
who served the Nation as ‘‘Rosies’’ during World 
War II. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 540 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 413 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the contributions of the women, symbol-
ized by ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, who served on the 
homefront during World War II, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 3, 2004 
Received and placed on the calendar