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Olympe Simon 1879 - 1977

Olympe Simon of Vacherie, Saint James County, Louisiana was born on December 17, 1879, and died at age 97 years old in August 1977.
Olympe Simon
Vacherie, Saint James County, Louisiana 70090
December 17, 1879
August 1977
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Olympe Simon's History: 1879 - 1977

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  • 12/17
    1879

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    December 17, 1879
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    1977

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    August 1977
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    Olympe Simon lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1879, in the year that Olympe Simon 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 1884, she was merely 5 years old when on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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