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Walter Douglas 1884 - 1965

Walter Douglas of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana was born on May 10, 1884, and died at age 81 years old in October 1965.
Walter Douglas
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 46227
May 10, 1884
October 1965
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    1884

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    May 10, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1965

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    October 1965
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    Walter Douglas lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1884, in the year that Walter Douglas was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1914, Walter was 30 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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