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Raya Gorshein 1913 - 1997

Raya Gorshein of Pompton Plains, Morris County, NJ was born on March 20, 1913, and died at age 83 years old on March 18, 1997.
Raya Gorshein
Pompton Plains, Morris County, NJ 07444
March 20, 1913
March 18, 1997
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  • 03/20
    1913

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    March 20, 1913
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  • 03/18
    1997

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    March 18, 1997
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In 1913, in the year that Raya Gorshein was born, the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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In 1933, at the age of 20 years old, Raya was alive when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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