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Callie Brookshire 1889 - 1979

Callie Brookshire of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi was born on June 28, 1889, and died at age 90 years old in November 1979.
Callie Brookshire
Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi 39301
June 28, 1889
November 1979
Female
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Callie Brookshire's History: 1889 - 1979

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  • 06/28
    1889

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    June 28, 1889
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  • 11/dd
    1979

    Death

    November 1979
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    Callie Brookshire lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1889, in the year that Callie Brookshire 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 1938, at the age of 49 years old, Callie was alive 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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