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Melba Huntington 1897 - 1984

Melba Huntington of McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois was born on December 14, 1897, and died at age 86 years old in June 1984.
Melba Huntington
McHenry, McHenry County, Illinois 60050
December 14, 1897
June 1984
Female
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Melba Huntington's History: 1897 - 1984

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  • 12/14
    1897

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    December 14, 1897
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  • 06/dd
    1984

    Death

    June 1984
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    Melba Huntington lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1897, in the year that Melba Huntington was born, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.
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In 1938, when she was 41 years old, 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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