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Ethel R Rourk 1914 - 2001

Ethel R Rourk of Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC was born on May 15, 1914, and died at age 87 years old on August 13, 2001.

Ethel R Rourk
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Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC 28412
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May 15, 1914
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August 13, 2001
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In 1914, in the year that Ethel R Rourk was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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In 1933, at the age of 19 years old, Ethel 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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Rourk, Mildred (May 6, 1909 - Sep 17, 2002) Rourk, William (Jun 29, 1908 - Apr 20, 1993) Rourk, Bernice (Jan 13, 1913 - Nov 1973) Rourk, Beatriz (Aug 23, 1925 - Oct 16, 2006) Rourk Jr, Harry (Nov 10, 1895 - Aug 1976) Rourk, James (Aug 20, 1911 - Feb 1986) Rourk, Alberta (Feb 11, 1890 - Sep 1985) Rourk, Jeanne (Jul 4, 1923 - Mar 22, 2006) Rourk, Lou (May 5, 1891 - Jan 1968) Rourk, James (Feb 1, 1914 - Nov 6, 1994)
Rourk, Mary (May 4, 1918 - Nov 24, 2008) Rourk, Loretta (Mar 31, 1900 - Mar 21, 1988) Rourk, James (Feb 7, 1909 - Jun 1973) Rourk, Frank (Aug 5, 1903 - Aug 1980) Rourk, Mary (Mar 29, 1890 - Jun 1967) Rourk, Issac (Feb 21, 1960 - Sep 30, 2007) Rourk, Robyn (Mar 21, 1950 - Feb 11, 1994) Rourk, Clare (Jun 21, 1889 - Jul 1974) Rourk, Allan (Jun 28, 1974 - Feb 28, 1998) Rourk, Edward (Apr 20, 1952 - Sep 1986)
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