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Ruthilma Colby 1918 - 2000

Ruthilma Colby of New York, New York County, NY was born on August 11, 1918, and died at age 82 years old on November 9, 2000.
Ruthilma Colby
New York, New York County, NY 10040
August 11, 1918
November 9, 2000
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  • 08/11
    1918

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    August 11, 1918
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  • 11/9
    2000

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    November 9, 2000
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    Ruthilma Colby lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1918, in the year that Ruthilma Colby was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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In 1933, by the time this person was just 15 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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