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Bessie Smith 1888 - 1974

Bessie Smith of Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina was born on July 15, 1888, and died at age 85 years old in January 1974.
Bessie Smith
Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina 28170
July 15, 1888
January 1974
Female
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    1888

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    July 15, 1888
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    1974

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    January 1974
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In 1888, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1917, she was 29 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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