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Clara Weeks 1894 - 1981

Clara Weeks of Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois was born on May 29, 1894, and died at age 87 years old in September 1981.
Clara Weeks
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois 62025
May 29, 1894
September 1981
Female
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  • 05/29
    1894

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    May 29, 1894
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  • 09/dd
    1981

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    September 1981
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    Clara Weeks lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1894, in the year that Clara Weeks was born, on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.
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In 1938, at the age of 44 years old, Clara 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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