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Erna L Matthias 1906 - 1996

Erna L Matthias of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA was born on March 16, 1906, and died at age 89 years old on February 28, 1996.
Erna L Matthias
Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA 50613
March 16, 1906
February 28, 1996
Female
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Erna L Matthias' History: 1906 - 1996

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  • 03/16
    1906

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    March 16, 1906
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  • 02/28
    1996

    Death

    February 28, 1996
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    Erna L Matthias lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1906, in the year that Erna L Matthias was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1911, Erna was just 5 years old when the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.
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