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Geraldine Dorothy Watkins 1927 - 2008

Geraldine Dorothy Watkins of Hanford, Kings County, CA was born on May 17, 1927, and died at age 80 years old on April 19, 2008. Geraldine Watkins was buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Section C-15 Site 59 32053 West Mccabe Road, in Santa Nella.
Geraldine Dorothy Watkins
Hanford, Kings County, CA 93230
May 17, 1927
April 19, 2008
Female
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  • 05/17
    1927

    Birthday

    May 17, 1927
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 04/19
    2008

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    April 19, 2008
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    San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Section C-15 Site 59 32053 West Mccabe Road, in Santa Nella, Ca 95322
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In 1927, in the year that Geraldine Dorothy Watkins was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1933, at the age of just 6 years old, Geraldine 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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