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Bess Frye 1896 - 1984

Bess Frye of Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina was born on March 8, 1896, and died at age 87 years old in January 1984.
Bess Frye
Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina 28645
March 8, 1896
January 1984
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Bess Frye's History: 1896 - 1984

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  • 03/8
    1896

    Birthday

    March 8, 1896
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  • 01/dd
    1984

    Death

    January 1984
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    Cause of death
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    Bess Frye lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1896, in the year that Bess Frye was born, on January 28th, the first ticket for speeding - called "furious driving" - was issued. Walter Arnold of Kent England was fined 1 shilling plus costs - for going 8 mph. The speed limit was 2 mph.
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In 1938, by the time she was 42 years old, 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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