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Bessie Robinson 1933 - 1987

Bessie Robinson of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas was born on March 13, 1933, and died at age 54 years old in October 1987.
Bessie Robinson
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas 72204
March 13, 1933
October 1987
Female
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Bessie Robinson's History: 1933 - 1987

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    1933

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    March 13, 1933
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  • 10/dd
    1987

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    October 1987
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    Bessie Robinson lived 17 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1933, in the year that Bessie Robinson was born, 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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In 1942, when she was merely 9 years old, due to World War II, automobile production in the United States was stopped on February 1st. A tire rationing program had begun the month before. Detroit - the main hub of car manufacturing - was ordered to free up assembly lines for military production. The president of the Automobile Manufacturers Association said “The automotive industry is in this war all the way". Some dealerships had to close and others expanded their repair shops. The used car market boomed (as did a black market in used cars).
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