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Lester Petersen 1900 - 1979

Lester Petersen of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska was born on December 22, 1900, and died at age 78 years old in January 1979.

Lester Petersen

Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska 68801

December 22, 1900

January 1979

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December 22, 1900

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In 1900, in the year that Lester Petersen was born, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."

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In 1922, at the age of 22 years old, Lester was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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