,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ef  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#be1 #bjai,mr4 ,morelle submitted the   
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,reform  ,,concurrent    
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,congress that a commemorative      
postage stamp should be issued honoring 
,martha ,matilda ,harper1 and that the  
,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory ,committee  
should recommend to the ,postmaster     
,general that such a stamp be issued4   
,whereas ,martha ,matilda ,harper1 after
 spending much of the first #be years of
 her life as a domestic servant1 opened 
the ,harper ,method ,shops and ,school1 
a health-conscious hair and skin care   
store in ,rochester1 ,new ,york1 in     
#ahhh2 ,whereas ,martha ,matilda ,harper
 subsequently expanded the business to  
include #b international manufacturing  
centers1 #e training schools1 and over  
#ejj beauty shops around the world2     

,whereas ,martha ,matilda ,harper shared
 the opportunity of business ownership  
with former servant women1 and created  
the first franchise business model2     
,whereas customers of ,harper shops     
included world leaders1 socialites1 and 
suffragists1 such as ,presidents        
,woodrow ,wilson and ,calvin ,coolidge1 
,kaiser ,wilhelm ,,ii1 ,prime ,minister 
,anthony ,eden1 ,first ,ladies          
,jacqueline ,kennedy and ,lady ,bird    
,johnson1 and ,susan ,b4 ,anthony2      
,whereas ,martha ,matilda ,harper's     
#aith century management practices1     
which included a customer-oriented      
focus1 an equitable relationship with   
staff1 a childcare center in each shop1 
and the manufacture and promotion of    
organic products and procedures1 would  
be laudable by today's standards2       
,whereas ,martha ,matilda ,harper       
pioneered the franchise business model  
that today has directly created #g4f    
million jobs and adds nearly #gjj       
billion annually to the ,united ,states 

economy2 and ,whereas for her           
accomplishments1 ,martha ,matilda       
,harper has been referred to by some as 
the mother of franchising3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense  
of the ,congress that--  7#a7 a         
commemorative postage stamp should be   
issued honoring ,martha ,matilda        
,harper2 and  7#b7 the ,citizens' ,stamp
 ,advisory ,committee should recommend  
to the ,postmaster ,general that such a 
stamp be issued4