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Ruth (Creech) Smith 1910 - 2010

Ruth Smith of Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas was born on September 20, 1910. Ruth Smith was married to Raymond Royce Smith on May 14, 1966 in Winkler County, TX, and died at age 99 years old on January 8, 2010.
Ruth Smith
Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Texas 77964
September 20, 1910
January 8, 2010
Female
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  • 09/20
    1910

    Birthday

    September 20, 1910
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    Texas
  • 01/8
    2010

    Death

    January 8, 2010
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    Ruth (Creech) Smith lived 27 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 99.
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In 1910, in the year that Ruth (Creech) Smith was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1938, she was 28 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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Raymond Royce Smith

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Ruth (Creech) Smith

May 14, 1966
Marriage date
Winkler County, TX
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