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Gertrude Whitney 1896 - 1981

Gertrude Whitney of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on July 9, 1896, and died at age 84 years old in January 1981.
Gertrude Whitney
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60637
July 9, 1896
January 1981
Female
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    1896

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    July 9, 1896
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  • 01/dd
    1981

    Death

    January 1981
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    Gertrude Whitney lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1896, in the year that Gertrude Whitney was born, on January 28th, the first ticket for speeding - called "furious driving" - was issued. Walter Arnold of Kent England was fined 1 shilling plus costs - for going 8 mph. The speed limit was 2 mph.
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In 1933, Gertrude was 37 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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