Itâs common for police departments, for example, to require rookies and lower-ranking officers to bear the brunt of night shifts. Theyâll often work a few days during normal daytime hours, then either work an extra-long shift that carries on until the morning, or take a day off, rest, then work a full night shift.
Washington, Dinah (Ruth Lee Jones), (1924-1963). Dinah Washington, legendary singer and âQueen of the Blues,â was born Ruth Lee Jones on August 29, 1924. Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama she moved with her family to Chicago as a young child.Music was in Washingtonâs family, her mother was a pianist in St. Lukeâs Baptist Church, and from a young age, Washington sang gospel and played piano with her church choir.ashingtonâs penetrating and heartfelt voice ensured her success and, having moved to Mercury Records in 1948, she enjoyed a string of hits of the R&B charts, including âBaby Get Lostâ (No. 1, 1949) and âTrouble in Mindâ (No. 4, 1952).
Mary Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent organized labor representative and community organizer. She helped coordinate major strikes and cofounded the Industrial Workers of the World. Jones worked as a teacher and dressmaker, but after her husband and four children all died of yellow fever in 1867 and her dress shop was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, she began working as an organizer for the Knights of