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Dorothy Speed 1904 - 2005

Dorothy Speed of Ballwin, Saint Louis County, MO was born on April 21, 1904, and died at age 100 years old on April 15, 2005.
Dorothy Speed
Ballwin, Saint Louis County, MO 63011
April 21, 1904
April 15, 2005
Female
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  • 04/21
    1904

    Birthday

    April 21, 1904
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  • 04/15
    2005

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    April 15, 2005
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    Dorothy Speed lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1904, in the year that Dorothy Speed was born, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.
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In 1938, Dorothy was 34 years old 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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