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Marlene D Gist 1933 - 1968

Marlene D Gist was born on August 15, 1933, and died at age 35 years old on August 16, 1968. Marlene Gist was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2C Site 4065 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marlene D Gist.
Marlene D Gist
August 15, 1933
August 16, 1968
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  • 08/15
    1933

    Birthday

    August 15, 1933
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 08/16
    1968

    Death

    August 16, 1968
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Long Island National Cemetery Section 2C Site 4065 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
    Burial location
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In 1933, in the year that Marlene D Gist was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1943, at the age of just 10 years old, Marlene was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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