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Abby Short 1886 - 1970

Abby Short of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa was born on June 8, 1886, and died at age 84 years old in June 1970.

Abby Short
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Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa 52001
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In 1886, in the year that Abby Short was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1897, at the age of just 11 years old, Abby was alive when on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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