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Helen Tanke 1933 - 1997

Helen Tanke of Ridgewood, Queens County, NY was born on September 6, 1933, and died at age 63 years old on June 28, 1997.
Helen Tanke
Ridgewood, Queens County, NY 11385
September 6, 1933
June 28, 1997
Female
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Helen Tanke's History: 1933 - 1997

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  • 09/6
    1933

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    September 6, 1933
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  • 06/28
    1997

    Death

    June 28, 1997
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    Helen Tanke lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1933, in the year that Helen Tanke was born, 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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In 1941, by the time she was merely 8 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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