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Geertje Douma 1886 - 1984

Geertje Douma of Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California was born on December 6, 1886, and died at age 97 years old in April 1984.
Geertje Douma
Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County, California 93430
December 6, 1886
April 1984
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    1886

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    December 6, 1886
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    1984

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    April 1984
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In 1886, in the year that Geertje Douma was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1909, Geertje was 23 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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