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Bess Sierer 1884 - 1982

Bess Sierer of Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA was born on July 11, 1884, and died at age 97 years old in June 1982.
Bess Sierer
Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA 17964
July 11, 1884
June 1982
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Bess Sierer's History: 1884 - 1982

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  • 07/11
    1884

    Birthday

    July 11, 1884
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  • 06/dd
    1982

    Death

    June 1982
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bess Sierer lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1884, in the year that Bess Sierer was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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In 1912, at the age of 28 years old, Bess was alive when 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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