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Kathleen Abston 1921 - 2008

Kathleen Abston of Elkview, Kanawha County, WV was born on May 19, 1921, and died at age 87 years old on July 11, 2008.
Kathleen Abston
Elkview, Kanawha County, WV 25071
May 19, 1921
July 11, 2008
Female
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  • 05/19
    1921

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    May 19, 1921
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  • 07/11
    2008

    Death

    July 11, 2008
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    Kathleen Abston lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1921, in the year that Kathleen Abston was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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In 1933, at the age of only 12 years old, Kathleen was alive 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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