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Selma Young 1915 - 2000

Selma Young of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL was born on January 30, 1915, and died at age 85 years old on July 4, 2000.
Selma Young
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL 33322
January 30, 1915
July 4, 2000
Female
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Selma Young's History: 1915 - 2000

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  • 01/30
    1915

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    January 30, 1915
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  • 07/4
    2000

    Death

    July 4, 2000
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    Selma Young lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1915, in the year that Selma Young 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, Selma was 18 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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