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Bessie Shires 1909 - 1973

Bessie Shires of Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia was born on August 16, 1909, and died at age 63 years old in May 1973.

Bessie Shires
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Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia 30540
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In 1909, in the year that Bessie Shires was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1922, when she was just 13 years old, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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Shires, Bessie (Mar 18, 1886 - Sep 1970) Shires, Bessie (May 28, 1902 - Apr 8, 1994) Shires, Bessie (Mar 25, 1891 - Aug 1976)
Shires, Bessie (Sep 7, 1885 - Aug 1977) Shires, Bessie (Apr 12, 1899 - Mar 1974)

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Shires, Gilbert (Jan 28, 1904 - Mar 1980) Shires, Annie (May 30, 1887 - Dec 1974) Shires, Henry (Feb 1, 1913 - Aug 1980) Shires, Marielle (Nov 24, 1940 - Mar 1980) Shires, William (Jul 3, 1881 - Oct 1962) Shires, Philip (Apr 10, 1914 - May 1974) Shires, Lucille (Oct 24, 1926 - Aug 13, 2006) Shires, Helen (Dec 9, 1916 - Feb 11, 2010) Shires, Patricia (Oct 7, 1932 - Dec 8, 2009) Shires, Bessie (Apr 12, 1899 - Mar 1974)
Shires, Madeline (Oct 16, 1914 - Apr 1984) Shires, Lillian (Oct 11, 1911 - Feb 1982) Shires, Herman (Sep 28, 1910 - Nov 2, 1989) Shires, Edward (Aug 28, 1884 - Sep 1967) Shires, Cyril (May 30, 1906 - Sep 1980) Shires, Christine (May 26, 1916 - Feb 27, 1999) Shires, Jane (Oct 15, 1911 - Jan 17, 1988) Shires, Frank (Feb 11, 1923 - Mar 25, 1990) Shires, Sara (Apr 30, 1915 - Jul 3, 2000) Shires, Norma (May 28, 1931 - Dec 20, 1996)
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