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Dorothy Bernice Pierson 1921 - 2011

Dorothy Bernice Pierson of Missouri was born on April 3, 1921, and died at age 90 years old on May 1, 2011.
Dorothy Bernice Pierson
Missouri
April 3, 1921
May 1, 2011
Female
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  • 04/3
    1921

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    April 3, 1921
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  • 05/1
    2011

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    May 1, 2011
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    Dorothy Bernice Pierson lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1921, in the year that Dorothy Bernice Pierson was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1933, at the age of merely 12 years old, Dorothy was alive when 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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