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Frances Jordan 1920 - 2008

Frances Jordan of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on February 5, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on December 19, 2008.
Frances Jordan
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19144
February 5, 1920
December 19, 2008
Female
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  • 02/5
    1920

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    February 5, 1920
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  • 12/19
    2008

    Death

    December 19, 2008
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    Frances Jordan lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1920, in the year that Frances Jordan was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1933, Frances was only 13 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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