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Hester Steppe 1886 - 1971

Hester Steppe of Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina was born on May 1, 1886, and died at age 84 years old in April 1971.
Hester Steppe
Old Fort, McDowell County, North Carolina 28762
May 1, 1886
April 1971
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Hester Steppe's History: 1886 - 1971

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    1886

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    May 1, 1886
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    1971

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    April 1971
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    Hester Steppe lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1886, in the year that Hester Steppe 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 1911, she was 25 years old when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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