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Bessie Imrie 1889 - 1976

Bessie Imrie of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on November 25, 1889, and died at age 86 years old in March 1976.
Bessie Imrie
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49506
November 25, 1889
March 1976
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Bessie Imrie's History: 1889 - 1976

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  • 11/25
    1889

    Birthday

    November 25, 1889
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  • 03/dd
    1976

    Death

    March 1976
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Imrie lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1889, in the year that Bessie Imrie was born, on May 31st, the South Fork Dam collapsed. Located in western Pennsylvania, the dam failed - sending more than 20 million tons of water into the towns below it. The flood killed more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown. The newly formed Red Cross responded to the disaster.
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In 1933, at the age of 44 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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