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Bessie Cunningham 1884 - 1975

Bessie Cunningham of Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi was born on December 7, 1884, and died at age 90 years old in January 1975.
Bessie Cunningham
Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, Mississippi 38922
December 7, 1884
January 1975
Female
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    1884

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    December 7, 1884
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    1975

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    January 1975
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In 1884, in the year that Bessie Cunningham 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 1899, at the age of only 15 years old, Bessie was alive when on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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