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Thona Swenson 1877 - 1974

Thona Swenson of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota was born on March 6, 1877, and died at age 97 years old in June 1974.
Thona Swenson
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota 55108
March 6, 1877
June 1974
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    1877

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    March 6, 1877
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  • 06/dd
    1974

    Death

    June 1974
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In 1877, in the year that Thona Swenson was born, on July 14th, strikes and resulting riots began at the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad. A sympathy strike and rioting began in Pittsburgh and a worker's rebellion began in St. Louis, then spread to other cities. 100 people were killed before the strikes ended when President Rutherford B. Hayes sent federal troops to each of the cities involved.
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In 1938, by the time this person was 61 years old, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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