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Bessie I Cooper 1904 - 1997

Bessie I Cooper of Tallahassee, Leon County, FL was born on October 30, 1904, and died at age 92 years old on July 29, 1997.
Bessie I Cooper
Tallahassee, Leon County, FL 32308
October 30, 1904
July 29, 1997
Female
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  • 10/30
    1904

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    October 30, 1904
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  • 07/29
    1997

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    July 29, 1997
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    Bessie I Cooper lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie I Cooper was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1941, when she was 37 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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