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Eliska Polk 1920 - 1972

Eliska Polk was born on July 20, 1920, and died at age 52 years old in September 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eliska Polk.
Eliska Polk
July 20, 1920
September 1972
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Eliska Polk's History: 1920 - 1972

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    1920

    Birthday

    July 20, 1920
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  • 09/dd
    1972

    Death

    September 1972
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    Eliska Polk lived 19 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 52.
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In 1920, in the year that Eliska Polk was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1933, by the time this person was only 13 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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