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Lawrence Thorne 1907 - 1993

Lawrence Thorne of Beckley, Raleigh County, WV was born on September 19, 1907, and died at age 85 years old on March 2, 1993.
Lawrence Thorne
Beckley, Raleigh County, WV 25801
September 19, 1907
March 2, 1993
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    1907

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    September 19, 1907
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  • 03/2
    1993

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    March 2, 1993
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    Lawrence Thorne lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1907, in the year that Lawrence Thorne was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.
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In 1933, by the time he was 26 years old, 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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