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Alta Purvis 1897 - 1984

Alta Purvis of Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas was born on March 11, 1897, and died at age 86 years old in January 1984.
Alta Purvis
Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas 66006
March 11, 1897
January 1984
Female
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Alta Purvis' History: 1897 - 1984

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  • 03/11
    1897

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    March 11, 1897
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  • 01/dd
    1984

    Death

    January 1984
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    Alta Purvis lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1897, in the year that Alta Purvis was born, in the January 22nd issue of "Engineering", the word "computer" was first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. Previously - since the 17th century - the term computer meant "one who computes" and referred to human beings who worked with numbers.
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In 1907, when she was merely 10 years old, in October, over a 3 week period, the New York stock exchange fell almost 50% from the previous year's high mark. Public panic ensued and there were runs on banks since the U.S. was in the middle of a recession. J.P. Morgan offered his own fortune to back the banks and he was followed by other financiers. This temporarily shored up the banking system, stopping the immediate panic. All of this led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
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