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Florence Penkalski 1921 - 2008

Florence Penkalski of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on April 3, 1921, and died at age 86 years old on March 19, 2008.
Florence Penkalski
Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14206
April 3, 1921
March 19, 2008
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Florence Penkalski's History: 1921 - 2008

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  • 04/3
    1921

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    April 3, 1921
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  • 03/19
    2008

    Death

    March 19, 2008
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    Florence Penkalski lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1921, in the year that Florence Penkalski was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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In 1933, when she was merely 12 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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