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Hortensia Kessel 1899 - 1983

Hortensia Kessel of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on March 13, 1899, and died at age 84 years old in April 1983.
Hortensia Kessel
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11207
March 13, 1899
April 1983
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Hortensia Kessel's History: 1899 - 1983

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    1899

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    March 13, 1899
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  • 04/dd
    1983

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    April 1983
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    Hortensia Kessel lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1899, in the year that Hortensia Kessel was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1938, at the age of 39 years old, Hortensia was alive when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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