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Emma Ruth 1889 - 1979

Emma Ruth of Donora, Washington County, PA was born on May 18, 1889, and died at age 89 years old in April 1979.
Emma Ruth
Donora, Washington County, PA 15033
May 18, 1889
April 1979
Female
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Emma Ruth's History: 1889 - 1979

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    1889

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    May 18, 1889
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  • 04/dd
    1979

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    April 1979
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    Emma Ruth lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1889, in the year that Emma Ruth was born, on May 31st, the South Fork Dam collapsed. Located in western Pennsylvania, the dam failed - sending more than 20 million tons of water into the towns below it. The flood killed more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown. The newly formed Red Cross responded to the disaster.
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In 1933, she was 44 years old 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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