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Katharine Mills Watkins 1920 - 2011

Katharine Mills Watkins of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN was born on April 27, 1920, and died at age 91 years old on May 12, 2011. Katharine Watkins was buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery Section DDD Site 51 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga.
Katharine Mills Watkins
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN 37404
April 27, 1920
May 12, 2011
Female
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  • 04/27
    1920

    Birthday

    April 27, 1920
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: 1LT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/12
    2011

    Death

    May 12, 2011
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Chattanooga National Cemetery Section DDD Site 51 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga, Tn 37404
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In 1920, in the year that Katharine Mills Watkins was born, the National Football League, first called the American Professional Football Association, was created. College football was more popular than pro football and rising player salaries were bankrupting league owners. In response, owners created the NFL, using the pro baseball association as a model. Eleven teams were formed: the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, Decatur Staleys, Hammond Pros, Massillon Tigers, Muncie Flyers, Racine Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents.
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In 1933, Katharine was only 13 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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