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Margaret Phillips 1879 - 1968

Margaret Phillips of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on October 29, 1879, and died at age 89 years old in November 1968.
Margaret Phillips
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19104
October 29, 1879
November 1968
Female
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    1879

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    October 29, 1879
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    1968

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    November 1968
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    Margaret Phillips lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1879, in the year that Margaret Phillips was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1884, she was only 5 years old when on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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