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Ruby Hansberry 1897 - 1981

Ruby Hansberry of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on April 12, 1897, and died at age 84 years old in June 1981.
Ruby Hansberry
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10457
April 12, 1897
June 1981
Female
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Ruby Hansberry's History: 1897 - 1981

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  • 04/12
    1897

    Birthday

    April 12, 1897
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  • 06/dd
    1981

    Death

    June 1981
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ruby Hansberry lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1897, in the year that Ruby Hansberry was born, 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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In 1933, by the time she was 36 years old, 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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