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Bessie Poling 1904 - 1987

Bessie Poling of Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia was born on March 23, 1904, and died at age 82 years old in January 1987.
Bessie Poling
Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia 24558
March 23, 1904
January 1987
Female
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    1904

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    March 23, 1904
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    1987

    Death

    January 1987
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    Bessie Poling lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie Poling was born, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.
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In 1938, she was 34 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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