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Mattie Pirkins 1884 - 1976

Mattie Pirkins of Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois was born on February 22, 1884, and died at age 92 years old in February 1976.
Mattie Pirkins
Oak Forest, Cook County, Illinois 60452
February 22, 1884
February 1976
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    1884

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    February 22, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1976

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    February 1976
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    Mattie Pirkins lived 26 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Mattie Pirkins 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, when she was 50 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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