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Josephine Schleer 1897 - 1987

Josephine Schleer of Newark, Essex County, NJ was born on March 18, 1897, and died at age 90 years old in May 1987.
Josephine Schleer
Newark, Essex County, NJ 07103
March 18, 1897
May 1987
Female
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Josephine Schleer's History: 1897 - 1987

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    1897

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    March 18, 1897
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  • 05/dd
    1987

    Death

    May 1987
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    Josephine Schleer lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1897, in the year that Josephine Schleer was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1938, she was 41 years old 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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Josephine Schleer's Family Tree & Friends

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