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Minnie Harrison 1884 - 1978

Minnie Harrison of Industry, McDonough County, Illinois was born on July 11, 1884, and died at age 94 years old in October 1978.
Minnie Harrison
Industry, McDonough County, Illinois 61440
July 11, 1884
October 1978
Female
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Minnie Harrison's History: 1884 - 1978

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  • 07/11
    1884

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    July 11, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1978

    Death

    October 1978
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    Minnie Harrison lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1884, in the year that Minnie Harrison 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 1904, she was 20 years old when the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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