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Elma Underwood 1884 - 1973

Elma Underwood of Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa was born on July 10, 1884, and died at age 88 years old in March 1973.
Elma Underwood
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 52601
July 10, 1884
March 1973
Female
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Elma Underwood's History: 1884 - 1973

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    1884

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    July 10, 1884
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  • 03/dd
    1973

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    March 1973
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    Elma Underwood lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1884, in the year that Elma Underwood 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 1895, by the time she was just 11 years old, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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