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Bessie Canady 1915 - 2001

Bessie Canady of Amarillo, Potter County, TX was born on May 10, 1915, and died at age 85 years old on January 7, 2001.

Bessie Canady

Amarillo, Potter County, TX 79105

May 10, 1915

January 7, 2001

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In 1915, in the year that Bessie Canady was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".

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In 1933, at the age of 18 years old, Bessie was alive when 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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