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Elisif Ling 1884 - 1972

Elisif Ling of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on June 1, 1884, and died at age 88 years old in August 1972.
Elisif Ling
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60613
June 1, 1884
August 1972
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Elisif Ling's History: 1884 - 1972

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    1884

    Birthday

    June 1, 1884
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  • 08/dd
    1972

    Death

    August 1972
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    Elisif Ling lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1884, in the year that Elisif Ling 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 1897, Elisif was merely 13 years old when on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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