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Myrtle Platt 1884 - 1978

Myrtle Platt of Fairfax, Fairfax City County, Virginia was born on May 7, 1884, and died at age 93 years old in February 1978.
Myrtle Platt
Fairfax, Fairfax City County, Virginia 22030
May 7, 1884
February 1978
Female
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Myrtle Platt's History: 1884 - 1978

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  • 05/7
    1884

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    May 7, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1978

    Death

    February 1978
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    Myrtle Platt lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1884, in the year that Myrtle Platt 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 1897, by the time she was merely 13 years old, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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