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Walter Bessire 1900 - 1982

Walter Bessire of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee was born on February 2, 1900, and died at age 81 years old in January 1982.

Walter Bessire
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Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 37209
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In 1900, in the year that Walter Bessire was born, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."
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In 1938, at the age of 38 years old, Walter 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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Bessire, Nancy (Jun 17, 1963 - Apr 7, 2003) Bessire, Paul (Feb 18, 1888 - Sep 1980) Bessire, Judith (Mar 26, 1950 - Dec 27, 2005) Bessire, Earl (Jul 8, 1911 - Aug 1965) Bessire, Florence (Mar 9, 1904 - Dec 1973) Bessire, Edward (Dec 6, 1932 - Oct 30, 2008) Bessire, Donald (Oct 27, 1917 - May 18, 1993) Bessire, Maxine (Jul 29, 1911 - Oct 12, 1996) Bessire, Louise (May 22, 1880 - Sep 1971) Bessire, Nelle (Dec 28, 1883 - Dec 1969)
Bessire, Thelma (Apr 6, 1920 - Jan 11, 2001) Bessire, John (Aug 11, 1917 - Sep 7, 2004) Bessire, Philip (Apr 19, 1914 - Dec 1979) Bessire, Ruth (Jul 21, 1892 - Jun 25, 1992) Bessire, Grace (Sep 6, 1917 - Apr 15, 1999) Bessire, William (Nov 1, 1915 - Aug 1962) Bessire, Dale (May 14, 1892 - Jan 1974) Bessire, Lisa (May 27, 1973 - May 2, 2004) Bessire, Jewell (Jan 9, 1932 - Apr 4, 2002) Bessire, James (Aug 8, 1913 - Apr 1979)
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