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Bertha Kokesh 1912 - 2008

Bertha Kokesh of Bayside, Queens County, NY was born on September 5, 1912, and died at age 95 years old on January 11, 2008.
Bertha Kokesh
Bayside, Queens County, NY 11360
September 5, 1912
January 11, 2008
Female
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Bertha Kokesh's History: 1912 - 2008

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  • 09/5
    1912

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    September 5, 1912
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  • 01/11
    2008

    Death

    January 11, 2008
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    Bertha Kokesh lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1912, in the year that Bertha Kokesh was born, the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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In 1938, she was 26 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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