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Fay Ross 1884 - 1979

Fay Ross of Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa was born on April 4, 1884, and died at age 95 years old in December 1979.
Fay Ross
Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa 51601
April 4, 1884
December 1979
Female
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Fay Ross' History: 1884 - 1979

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  • 04/4
    1884

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    April 4, 1884
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  • 12/dd
    1979

    Death

    December 1979
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    Fay Ross lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1884, in the year that Fay Ross 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, at the age of just 13 years old, Fay was alive 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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