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Gressie Tanner 1917 - 1980

Gressie Tanner was born on June 21, 1917, and died at age 63 years old in December 1980. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gressie Tanner.
Gressie Tanner
June 21, 1917
December 1980
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Gressie Tanner's History: 1917 - 1980

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  • 06/21
    1917

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    June 21, 1917
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  • 12/dd
    1980

    Death

    December 1980
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    Gressie Tanner lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1917, in the year that Gressie Tanner was born, 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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In 1933, by the time this person was 16 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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