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Bessie Adams 1896 - 1985

Bessie Adams of Newport News, Newport News City County, Virginia was born on April 8, 1896, and died at age 88 years old in January 1985.
Bessie Adams
Newport News, Newport News City County, Virginia 23601
April 8, 1896
January 1985
Female
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Bessie Adams' History: 1896 - 1985

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    1896

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    April 8, 1896
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  • 01/dd
    1985

    Death

    January 1985
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    Bessie Adams lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1896, in the year that Bessie Adams was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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In 1916, at the age of 20 years old, Bessie was alive when 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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