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Nettie Sperry 1879 - 1978

Nettie Sperry of Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois was born on August 12, 1879, and died at age 98 years old in January 1978.
Nettie Sperry
Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 62075
August 12, 1879
January 1978
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Nettie Sperry's History: 1879 - 1978

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    1879

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    August 12, 1879
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  • 01/dd
    1978

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    January 1978
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    Nettie Sperry lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1879, in the year that Nettie Sperry was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1938, when she was 59 years old, 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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