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Sophie Scruggs 1920 - 1987

Sophie Scruggs of Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina was born on February 14, 1920, and died at age 67 years old in February 1987.
Sophie Scruggs
Gaffney, Cherokee County, South Carolina 29340
February 14, 1920
February 1987
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    1920

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    February 14, 1920
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  • 02/dd
    1987

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    February 1987
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    Sophie Scruggs lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1920, in the year that Sophie Scruggs 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, Sophie was 18 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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