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Francoise Valcourt (1890 - 1978)

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Francoise Valcourt
1890 - 1978
Born
December 5, 1890
Death
October 1978
Last Known Residence
Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island 02864
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Francoise Valcourt of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island was born on December 5, 1890, and died at age 87 years old in October 1978.
Updated: November 2, 2011
Biography ID: 49463842

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Francoise Valcourt passed away at age 87 years old in October 1978. Francoise Valcourt of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island was born on December 5, 1890.

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Francoise Valcourt lived 18 years longer than the average Valcourt family member when she died at the age of 87.
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1890 - 1978 World Events

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In 1890, in the year that Francoise Valcourt was born, on January 2nd, Alice Sanger became the first female staffer to work in the White House. She was hired as a stenographer and, as such, took dictation.

In 1900, Francoise was only 10 years old when the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."

In 1944, when she was 54 years old, on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.

In 1958, Francoise was 68 years old when on January 1st, the European Economic Community (Common Market) came into operation. The first members were France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The Common Market was formed as a way to strengthen members' economies and deter wars in Europe.

In 1978, in the year of Francoise Valcourt's passing, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

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