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Cora Gelwicks 1884 - 1980

Cora Gelwicks of Southbury, New Haven County, CT was born on July 2, 1884, and died at age 95 years old in March 1980.

Cora Gelwicks
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Southbury, New Haven County, CT 06488
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July 2, 1884
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March 1980
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In 1884, in the year that Cora Gelwicks 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 1896, Cora was just 12 years old when 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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