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Leona M Bissette 1917 - 2004

Leona M Bissette of Sims, Wilson County, NC was born on October 15, 1917, and died at age 87 years old on November 5, 2004.
Leona M Bissette
Sims, Wilson County, NC 27880
October 15, 1917
November 5, 2004
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  • 10/15
    1917

    Birthday

    October 15, 1917
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  • 11/5
    2004

    Death

    November 5, 2004
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    Cause of death
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    Leona M Bissette lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1917, in the year that Leona M Bissette was born, it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
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In 1933, at the age of 16 years old, Leona was alive when 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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