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Emma Rockabrand 1886 - 1985

Emma Rockabrand of Clare, De Kalb County, Illinois was born on May 5, 1886, and died at age 99 years old in June 1985.
Emma Rockabrand
Clare, De Kalb County, Illinois 60111
May 5, 1886
June 1985
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    1886

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    May 5, 1886
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    1985

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    June 1985
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In 1886, in the year that Emma Rockabrand was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1920, she was 34 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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