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Esther Shames 1915 - 2009

Esther Shames of Flushing, Queens County, NY was born on August 15, 1915, and died at age 93 years old on August 13, 2009.

Esther Shames
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Flushing, Queens County, NY 11367
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August 15, 1915
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In 1915, in the year that Esther Shames was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1933, at the age of 18 years old, Esther was alive when 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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Shames, Joseph (Sep 1, 1922 - Mar 1976) Shames, Mary (Sep 23, 1918 - Dec 3, 2005) Shames, Sam (Jul 8, 1884 - Sep 1968) Shames, Joseph (Jul 15, 1890 - Sep 1974) Shames, Barry (Sep 18, 1934 - Jun 1970) Shames, Annie (Jun 15, 1888 - May 1969) Shames, Beckie (Apr 1, 1902 - May 1977) Shames, Helen (Jan 15, 1907 - Aug 25, 2001) Shames, Frank (Dec 24, 1907 - Apr 1982) Shames, Ben (Oct 6, 1899 - Jun 1972)
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