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Bessie Jurgensen 1906 - 1976

Bessie Jurgensen of Marion, Linn County, Iowa was born on January 27, 1906, and died at age 70 years old in April 1976.
Bessie Jurgensen
Marion, Linn County, Iowa 52302
January 27, 1906
April 1976
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  • 01/27
    1906

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    January 27, 1906
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  • 04/dd
    1976

    Death

    April 1976
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    Bessie Jurgensen lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1906, in the year that Bessie Jurgensen was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1913, she was only 7 years old when the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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