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Melrose Gilbert 1900 - 1989

Melrose Gilbert of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on November 14, 1900, and died at age 88 years old in February 1989.

Melrose Gilbert
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Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48216
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November 14, 1900
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February 1989
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Melrose Gilbert Melrose Gilbert (1900 - 1989)
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In 1900, in the year that Melrose Gilbert was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1933, at the age of 33 years old, Melrose was alive when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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Gilbert, Marjorie (Mar 21, 1911 - Dec 14, 2007) Gilbert, Odilon (Mar 16, 1905 - Jul 1987) Gilbert, Harold (Nov 6, 1911 - Nov 1972) Gilbert, Owen (Jul 4, 1903 - Jan 1987) Gilbert, Dora (Jun 26, 1909 - Apr 13, 1996) Gilbert, Irene (Feb 24, 1909 - Feb 7, 2007) Gilbert, Arthur (Jan 30, 1893 - Nov 1973) Gilbert, Frank (Jun 8, 1886 - Jul 1980) Gilbert, Elgin (Apr 5, 1907 - Aug 14, 1994) Gilbert, Annette (Jun 14, 1905 - Jan 1981)
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