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Henrietta W Preast 1884 - 1992

Henrietta W Preast of Freeport, Nassau County, NY was born on November 2, 1884, and died at age 108 years old on November 16, 1992.
Henrietta W Preast
Freeport, Nassau County, NY 11520
November 2, 1884
November 16, 1992
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    1884

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    November 2, 1884
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  • 11/16
    1992

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    November 16, 1992
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    Henrietta W Preast lived 38 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 108.
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In 1884, in the year that Henrietta W Preast was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1897, when she was only 13 years old, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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