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Gouverneur Smyth 1884 - 1975

Gouverneur Smyth of Westfield, Union County, NJ was born on April 26, 1884 in Manhattan County, NY, and died at age 91 years old in July 1975.
Gouverneur Smyth
Westfield, Union County, NJ 07090
April 26, 1884
Manhattan County, NY
July 1975
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Gouverneur Smyth's History: 1884 - 1975

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    1884

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    April 26, 1884
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    Manhattan County, NY
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    1975

    Death

    July 1975
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    Unknown
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    Gouverneur Smyth lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Gouverneur Smyth 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 1912, at the age of 28 years old, Gouverneur was alive when the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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