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Rita Thorpe 1923 - 1980

Rita Thorpe of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on January 24, 1923, and died at age 56 years old on January 15, 1980.

Rita Thorpe

Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10451

January 24, 1923

January 15, 1980

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Rita Thorpe lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.

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In 1923, in the year that Rita Thorpe was born, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.

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In 1938, Rita was just 15 years old when 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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