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Sylvester Shear 1884 - 1965

Sylvester Shear of Michigan was born on October 19, 1884, and died at age 80 years old in March 1965.

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In 1884, in the year that Sylvester Shear 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 1927, by the time he was 43 years old, 10 years after the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish government, the inhabitants were granted U.S. citizenship. While they can vote in congressional elections and presidential primaries, they cannot vote for President.
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Shear, Nora (Nov 28, 1886 - Jun 1975) Shear, Ann (Dec 20, 1899 - Oct 23, 1997) Shear, Hazel (Jul 29, 1910 - Feb 1996) Martin Shear, Carole (May 14, 1933 - Dec 23, 2002) Shear, Marjorie (Aug 1, 1921 - Jul 23, 2000) Shear, Abraham (Dec 25, 1890 - Oct 1968) Shear, Ida (Apr 4, 1919 - Dec 7, 2002) Shear, Esther (Mar 13, 1908 - Jun 22, 1997) Shear, David (Nov 20, 1938 - Nov 20, 2010) Shear, Celia (Oct 20, 1888 - Jul 1979)
Shear, Berta (Dec 12, 1911 - Sep 30, 1994) Shear, Max (Dec 28, 1881 - Oct 1974) Shear, Fay (Nov 29, 1926 - Dec 1988) Shear, Sidney (Apr 16, 1912 - Sep 7, 2000) Shear, Robert (Apr 10, 1926 - May 10, 1991) Shear, Pauline (Jul 4, 1898 - Mar 1987) Shear, Marlene (May 3, 1921 - May 2, 2001) Shear, Maurice (Mar 3, 1923 - Oct 24, 2001) Shear, Elaine (Oct 2, 1935 - Nov 5, 1998) Shear, Bernard (Jan 10, 1923 - Feb 3, 1999)
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