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Martha Merrill 1884 - 1976

Martha Merrill of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on March 14, 1884, and died at age 91 years old in February 1976.
Martha Merrill
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60626
March 14, 1884
February 1976
Female
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    1884

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    March 14, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1976

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    February 1976
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    Martha Merrill lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Martha Merrill 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 1934, by the time she was 50 years old, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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