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Ada Rankin 1906 - 2008

Ada Rankin of Stanford, Lincoln County, KY was born on May 18, 1906, and died at age 101 years old on March 31, 2008.
Ada Rankin
Stanford, Lincoln County, KY 40484
May 18, 1906
March 31, 2008
Female
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  • 05/18
    1906

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    May 18, 1906
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  • 03/31
    2008

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    March 31, 2008
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    Ada Rankin lived 27 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 101.
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In 1906, in the year that Ada Rankin was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1915, she was only 9 years old when 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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