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Cora Sikes 1884 - 1965

Cora Sikes of Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas was born on July 8, 1884, and died at age 81 years old in November 1965.
Cora Sikes
Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas 72740
July 8, 1884
November 1965
Female
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  • 07/8
    1884

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    July 8, 1884
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  • 11/dd
    1965

    Death

    November 1965
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    Cora Sikes lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1884, in the year that Cora Sikes was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1921, she was 37 years old when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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