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Mae Riggs 1906 - 1977

Mae Riggs of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on April 20, 1906, and died at age 70 years old in January 1977.
Mae Riggs
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19120
April 20, 1906
January 1977
Female
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Mae Riggs' History: 1906 - 1977

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    1906

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    April 20, 1906
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  • 01/dd
    1977

    Death

    January 1977
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    Mae Riggs lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1906, in the year that Mae Riggs was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1918, Mae was just 12 years old when following European countries, Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States in March. It was an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. This was a war effort and proved unpopular so in most areas of the United States, Daylight Saving Time ended after World War I. It returned during World War II.
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