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Launa Speer 1902 - 1979

Launa Speer of Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois was born on November 1, 1902, and died at age 76 years old in February 1979.
Launa Speer
Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois 62984
November 1, 1902
February 1979
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  • 11/1
    1902

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    November 1, 1902
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  • 02/dd
    1979

    Death

    February 1979
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    Launa Speer lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1902, in the year that Launa Speer was born, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
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In 1934, she was 32 years old when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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