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May E Whitson 1915 - 2006

May E Whitson of Oaktown, Knox County, IN was born on December 29, 1915, and died at age 90 years old on March 12, 2006.
May E Whitson
Oaktown, Knox County, IN 47561
December 29, 1915
March 12, 2006
Female
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May E Whitson's History: 1915 - 2006

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  • 12/29
    1915

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    December 29, 1915
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  • 03/12
    2006

    Death

    March 12, 2006
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    May E Whitson lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1915, in the year that May E Whitson was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1938, she was 23 years old 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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