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Roy Burpee 1886 - 1967

Roy Burpee of Reading, Middlesex County, MA was born on May 20, 1886, and died at age 81 years old in May 1967.

Roy Burpee
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Reading, Middlesex County, MA 01867
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In 1886, in the year that Roy Burpee was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1933, Roy was 47 years old 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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Burpee, Albert (Jan 23, 1897 - Jan 1987) Burpee, Mary (Sep 24, 1902 - Sep 1981) Burpee, Dorothy (Dec 28, 1898 - Mar 24, 1990) Burpee, Gabrielle (Sep 16, 1916 - Apr 16, 2007) Burpee, Mary (Feb 18, 1903 - Sep 1984) Burpee, John (Feb 14, 1880 - Feb 1974) Burpee, Cecilia (Nov 13, 1893 - Jan 1968) Burpee, Calvin (Nov 4, 1924 - Dec 25, 1994) Burpee, Allen (Mar 10, 1923 - Dec 23, 1995) Burpee, William (Sep 24, 1923 - Nov 1982)
Burpee, Benjamin (Nov 29, 1927 - Jan 1968) Burpee, Clara (Dec 18, 1893 - Dec 19, 1990) Burpee, Agnes (Sep 4, 1910 - Jan 19, 2004) Burpee, Caroline (Aug 27, 1894 - Apr 1975) Burpee, Lewis (Aug 18, 1912 - Jan 1985) Burpee, Delna (Sep 22, 1909 - Nov 30, 2003) Burpee, Henry (Jul 7, 1910 - Mar 31, 2006) Burpee, Howard (Oct 17, 1925 - Mar 5, 2000) Burpee, Eileen (Aug 25, 1925 - Dec 23, 2003) Burpee, George (Apr 10, 1927 - Oct 17, 2010)
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