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Lela Baker 1900 - 1987

Lela Baker of Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida was born on February 8, 1900, and died at age 87 years old in August 1987.
Lela Baker
Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida 33566
February 8, 1900
August 1987
Female
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Lela Baker's History: 1900 - 1987

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  • 02/8
    1900

    Birthday

    February 8, 1900
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  • 08/dd
    1987

    Death

    August 1987
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    Lela Baker lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1900, in the year that Lela Baker was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1933, Lela was 33 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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