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Bessie Houston 1906 - 1982

Bessie Houston of Lowell, Middlesex County, MA was born on September 11, 1906, and died at age 75 years old in June 1982.

Bessie Houston

Lowell, Middlesex County, MA 01852

September 11, 1906

June 1982

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In 1906, in the year that Bessie Houston was born, English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.

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In 1917, she was only 11 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.

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