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Bessie Napper 1906 - 1976

Bessie Napper of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on April 14, 1906, and died at age 70 years old in May 1976.
Bessie Napper
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 40214
April 14, 1906
May 1976
Female
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  • 04/14
    1906

    Birthday

    April 14, 1906
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  • 05/dd
    1976

    Death

    May 1976
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    Unknown
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    Bessie Napper lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1906, in the year that Bessie Napper 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 1915, at the age of just 9 years old, Bessie was alive when in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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