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Bertha Short 1909 - 2002

Bertha Short of Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA was born on March 18, 1909, and died at age 93 years old on November 8, 2002.
Bertha Short
Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA 90605
March 18, 1909
November 8, 2002
Female
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Bertha Short's History: 1909 - 2002

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  • 03/18
    1909

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    March 18, 1909
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  • 11/8
    2002

    Death

    November 8, 2002
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    Bertha Short lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1909, in the year that Bertha Short was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
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In 1933, Bertha was 24 years old when 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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