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Ruth E Van Ness 1920 - 2009

Ruth E Van Ness of North Augusta, Aiken County, SC was born on September 13, 1920, and died at age 89 years old on November 22, 2009.
Ruth E Van Ness
North Augusta, Aiken County, SC 29860
September 13, 1920
November 22, 2009
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  • 09/13
    1920

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    September 13, 1920
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  • 11/22
    2009

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    November 22, 2009
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    Ruth E Van Ness lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1920, in the year that Ruth E Van Ness was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1938, at the age of 18 years old, Ruth was alive 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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