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Bess J Orr 1916 - 2010

Bess J Orr of Raymore, Cass County, Kansas was born on December 16, 1916, and died at age 93 years old on April 29, 2010.
Bess J Orr
Raymore, Cass County, Kansas 64083
December 16, 1916
April 29, 2010
Female
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Bess J Orr's History: 1916 - 2010

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  • 12/16
    1916

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    December 16, 1916
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  • 04/29
    2010

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    April 29, 2010
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    Bess J Orr lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1916, in the year that Bess J Orr was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1938, she was 22 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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