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Edith Decoux 1884 - 1972

Edith Decoux of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on March 14, 1884, and died at age 88 years old in August 1972.
Edith Decoux
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 90806
March 14, 1884
August 1972
Female
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    1884

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    March 14, 1884
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  • 08/dd
    1972

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    August 1972
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    Edith Decoux lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1884, in the year that Edith Decoux 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 1914, she was 30 years old when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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