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Miriam Shelley Skipworth 1938 - 2005

Miriam Shelley Skipworth of Franklin, Franklin City County, VA was born on April 4, 1938, and died at age 67 years old on July 3, 2005. Miriam Skipworth was buried at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery Section 3 Row 64 Site 32 5310 Milners Road, in Suffolk.
Miriam Shelley Skipworth
Franklin, Franklin City County, VA 23851
April 4, 1938
July 3, 2005
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  • 04/4
    1938

    Birthday

    April 4, 1938
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: LT Wars/Conflicts: Korea, Vietnam
  • 07/3
    2005

    Death

    July 3, 2005
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery Section 3 Row 64 Site 32 5310 Milners Road, in Suffolk, Va 23434
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In 1938, in the year that Miriam Shelley Skipworth was born, 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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In 1952, she was only 14 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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