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Abijah Edlow 1916 - 1997

Abijah Edlow of Yorktown, York County, VA was born on June 1, 1916, and died at age 80 years old on March 8, 1997.
Abijah Edlow
Yorktown, York County, VA 23692
June 1, 1916
March 8, 1997
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  • 06/1
    1916

    Birthday

    June 1, 1916
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    York County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33094752 Enlisted: June 6, 1941 in Richmond Virginia Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Painters, Construction And Maintenance
  • 03/8
    1997

    Death

    March 8, 1997
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1916, in the year that Abijah Edlow was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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In 1941, when he was 25 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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