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Bessie Dawson 1924 - 1982

Bessie Dawson of Lynchburg, Lynchburg City County, Virginia was born on November 21, 1924, and died at age 57 years old in March 1982.
Bessie Dawson
Lynchburg, Lynchburg City County, Virginia 24503
November 21, 1924
March 1982
Female
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Bessie Dawson's History: 1924 - 1982

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  • 11/21
    1924

    Birthday

    November 21, 1924
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  • 03/dd
    1982

    Death

    March 1982
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Dawson lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.
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In 1924, in the year that Bessie Dawson was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1934, Bessie was just 10 years old when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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