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Helen Doris Mikesell 1924 - 2011

Helen Doris Mikesell of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on June 12, 1924, and died at age 87 years old on July 22, 2011. Helen Mikesell was buried at Memphis National Cemetery Section B Site 923E 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis.
Helen Doris Mikesell
Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38127
June 12, 1924
July 22, 2011
Female
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  • 06/12
    1924

    Birthday

    June 12, 1924
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: YNTC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 07/22
    2011

    Death

    July 22, 2011
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    Unknown
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    Memphis National Cemetery Section B Site 923E 3568 Townes Avenue, in Memphis, Tn 38122
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In 1924, in the year that Helen Doris Mikesell was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1938, Helen was only 14 years old 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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