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Selma Skogland 1884 - 1970

Selma Skogland of Dekalb, De Kalb County, Illinois was born on September 24, 1884, and died at age 85 years old in July 1970.
Selma Skogland
Dekalb, De Kalb County, Illinois 60115
September 24, 1884
July 1970
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Selma Skogland's History: 1884 - 1970

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  • 09/24
    1884

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    September 24, 1884
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  • 07/dd
    1970

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    July 1970
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    Selma Skogland lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1884, in the year that Selma Skogland was born, 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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In 1910, she was 26 years old when the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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