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Bessie Smith 1929 - 1987

Bessie Smith of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on September 21, 1929, and died at age 57 years old in August 1987.
Bessie Smith
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 48206
September 21, 1929
August 1987
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1929 - 1987

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  • 09/21
    1929

    Birthday

    September 21, 1929
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 08/dd
    1987

    Death

    August 1987
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Smith lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.
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In 1929, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on March 4th, Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States. Early in his presidency, the October stock market crash - "Black Tuesday" - occurred, which lead to the Great Depression. None of his economic policies were able to make a dent in the Depression. This lead to one term and the election of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt winning the 1933 election in a landslide.
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In 1933, by the time she was only 4 years old, 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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