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Gertrude Workman 1886 - 1987

Gertrude Workman of Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa was born on November 7, 1886, and died at age 100 years old in September 1987.
Gertrude Workman
Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa 51534
November 7, 1886
September 1987
Female
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Gertrude Workman's History: 1886 - 1987

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    1987

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    Gertrude Workman lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1886, in the year that Gertrude Workman was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1917, she was 31 years old when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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