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Amanda Mewhinney 1884 - 1977

Amanda Mewhinney of Iola, Allen County, Kansas was born on July 28, 1884, and died at age 93 years old in October 1977.
Amanda Mewhinney
Iola, Allen County, Kansas 66749
July 28, 1884
October 1977
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Amanda Mewhinney's History: 1884 - 1977

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  • 07/28
    1884

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    July 28, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1977

    Death

    October 1977
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    Amanda Mewhinney lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1884, in the year that Amanda Mewhinney was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1897, when she was just 13 years old, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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