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Opa J Cook 1919 - 1999

Opa J Cook was born on August 14, 1919, and died at age 80 years old on November 10, 1999. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Opa J Cook.
Opa J Cook
August 14, 1919
November 10, 1999
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  • 08/14
    1919

    Birthday

    August 14, 1919
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  • 11/10
    1999

    Death

    November 10, 1999
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    Cause of death
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    Opa J Cook lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1919, in the year that Opa J Cook was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1933, Opa was merely 14 years old 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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