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Lena Simon 1885 - 1971

Lena Simon of Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas was born on August 21, 1885, and died at age 85 years old in June 1971.
Lena Simon
Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas 66401
August 21, 1885
June 1971
Female
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Lena Simon's History: 1885 - 1971

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  • 08/21
    1885

    Birthday

    August 21, 1885
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  • 06/dd
    1971

    Death

    June 1971
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    Lena Simon lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1885, in the year that Lena Simon was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1938, Lena was 53 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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