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Margaret R Gorten 1894 - 1992

Margaret R Gorten of Friendswood, Galveston County, TX was born on June 8, 1894, and died at age 98 years old on June 26, 1992.
Margaret R Gorten
Friendswood, Galveston County, TX 77546
June 8, 1894
June 26, 1992
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  • 06/8
    1894

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    June 8, 1894
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  • 06/26
    1992

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    June 26, 1992
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    Margaret R Gorten lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1894, in the year that Margaret R Gorten was born, on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.
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In 1938, at the age of 44 years old, Margaret was alive 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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