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Essie Bays 1882 - 1976

Essie Bays of West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois was born on October 17, 1882, and died at age 93 years old in May 1976.
Essie Bays
West Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois 62896
October 17, 1882
May 1976
Female
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Essie Bays' History: 1882 - 1976

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  • 10/17
    1882

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    October 17, 1882
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  • 05/dd
    1976

    Death

    May 1976
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    Essie Bays lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1882, in the year that Essie Bays was born, on September 4th, the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in the U.S. - at 255-257 Pearl Street - was flipped by Thomas Edison. It lit one square mile of lower Manhattan and was powered by coal. The "electrical age" had begun.
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In 1938, at the age of 56 years old, Essie was alive when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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