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Orris Simmons 1915 - 1980

Orris Simmons of Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois was born on January 24, 1915, and died at age 65 years old in April 1980.
Orris Simmons
Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois 61866
January 24, 1915
April 1980
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Orris Simmons' History: 1915 - 1980

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  • 01/24
    1915

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    January 24, 1915
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  • 04/dd
    1980

    Death

    April 1980
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    Orris Simmons lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1915, in the year that Orris Simmons was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1933, at the age of 18 years old, Orris 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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