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Bessie Dingeman 1884 - 1976

Bessie Dingeman of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan was born on January 11, 1884, and died at age 92 years old in August 1976.
Bessie Dingeman
Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan 48236
January 11, 1884
August 1976
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Bessie Dingeman's History: 1884 - 1976

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  • 01/11
    1884

    Birthday

    January 11, 1884
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  • 08/dd
    1976

    Death

    August 1976
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Dingeman lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1884, in the year that Bessie Dingeman 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, Bessie was merely 13 years old when 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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