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Martha Fritts 1884 - 1974

Martha Fritts of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas was born on October 4, 1884, and died at age 89 years old in August 1974.
Martha Fritts
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas 66606
October 4, 1884
August 1974
Female
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Martha Fritts' History: 1884 - 1974

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    October 4, 1884
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    1974

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    August 1974
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    Martha Fritts lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1884, in the year that Martha Fritts was born, 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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In 1898, at the age of merely 14 years old, Martha was alive when magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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