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Bessie Smith 1883 - 1970

Bessie Smith of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA was born on December 13, 1883, and died at age 86 years old in July 1970.

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Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA 01230
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In 1883, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on July 4th, the first rodeo in the world was held in Pecos, Texas - according to its citizens. In the towns of Prescott and Payson Arizona, the same claim is made. All of these were gatherings of local cowboys, showing off their skills - no matter who was first.
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In 1941, by the time she was 58 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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Smith, Catherine (Born Apr 29, 1854) Smith, Jane (Sep 12, 1823 - Jul 30, 1892) Smith, Andrew (Born Mar 8, 1846) Matheny-Smith, Ruby Smith, Clark Smith, Francis (Born 1861) Smith-Brown, Bernice Smith, Angus (Born 1859) Smith, Roderick (Born May 29, 1891) Smith, On the Right Mary (Born Nov 10, 1935)
Smith, Louise (Born Aug 7, 1914) Smith, George (Born Jul 18, 1885) Smith, Harvey (Born 1883) Neal-Smith, Elizabeth (Born 1890) Smith, Margaret (Born Mar 7, 1921) Smith, Eugene Barthel, Alice (Born Nov 17, 1913) Smith, Stanley (Born 1925) Ferguson, Catherine  (Apr 30, 1854 - Feb 7, 1930) Smith, Bill
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