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Alva Poston 1907 - 1981

Alva Poston of Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas was born on May 12, 1907, and died at age 74 years old in November 1981.

Alva Poston
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Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas 72315
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In 1907, in the year that Alva Poston was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.
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In 1933, when he was 26 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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Poston, Catherine (Born Jun 14, 1932) Poston, James (Born 1938) Poston, Richard (Born 1940) Poston, Delma (Sep 24, 1913 - Dec 8, 2008) Poston, Elizabeth (Nov 2, 1926 - Apr 23, 2001) Poston, Maureen (Sep 15, 1930 - Oct 15, 1996) Poston, Willa (Jun 19, 1943 - Apr 1, 2008) Poston, Ruth (Jan 20, 1920 - Mar 28, 2002) Poston, Barbara (Jan 25, 1918 - Jan 1982) Poston, William (Jun 13, 1919 - Mar 27, 1986)
Poston, Richard (Apr 7, 1920 - Apr 1986) Poston, Irving (Oct 22, 1895 - Mar 1966) Poston, Jean (Oct 27, 1918 - Oct 1992) Poston, Annette (Oct 12, 1933 - Jul 9, 2009) Poston, Margaret (Mar 2, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966) Poston, Anne (Feb 19, 1918 - Oct 3, 2007) Poston, Viola (Feb 19, 1932 - Mar 15, 2009) Poston, Barbara (Jul 22, 1956 - Jun 8, 2007) Poston, Peggy (Mar 6, 1936 - Jan 24, 2003) Poston, Elizabeth (Aug 25, 1919 - Nov 27, 1991)
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