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Wiley Collett 1894 - 1978

Wiley Collett of Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky was born on April 2, 1894, and died at age 84 years old in June 1978.
Wiley Collett
Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky 40906
April 2, 1894
June 1978
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    1894

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    April 2, 1894
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  • 06/dd
    1978

    Death

    June 1978
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    Wiley Collett lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1894, in the year that Wiley Collett was born, on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.
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In 1938, Wiley was 44 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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