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Bess Berk 1923 - 2007

Bess Berk of Scituate, Plymouth County, MA was born on February 20, 1923, and died at age 84 years old on April 11, 2007.
Bess Berk
Scituate, Plymouth County, MA 02066
February 20, 1923
April 11, 2007
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Bess Berk's History: 1923 - 2007

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  • 02/20
    1923

    Birthday

    February 20, 1923
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  • 04/11
    2007

    Death

    April 11, 2007
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    Cause of death
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    Bess Berk lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1923, in the year that Bess Berk was born, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.
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In 1933, when she was only 10 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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