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Bessie M Gillespie 1916 - 2008

Bessie M Gillespie of La France, Anderson County, SC was born on March 11, 1916, and died at age 92 years old on April 27, 2008.
Bessie M Gillespie
La France, Anderson County, SC 29656
March 11, 1916
April 27, 2008
Female
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  • 03/11
    1916

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    March 11, 1916
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  • 04/27
    2008

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    April 27, 2008
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    Bessie M Gillespie lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1916, in the year that Bessie M Gillespie was born, 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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In 1941, she was 25 years old when on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.
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