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Bessie Smith 1896 - 1972

Bessie Smith of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD was born on January 22, 1896, and died at age 76 years old on July 15, 1972.
Bessie Smith
Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD 21201
January 22, 1896
July 15, 1972
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1896 - 1972

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  • 01/22
    1896

    Birthday

    January 22, 1896
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  • 07/15
    1972

    Death

    July 15, 1972
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    Bessie Smith lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1896, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on January 4th, Utah became the 45th state in the United States. After the LDS Church banned polygamy in 1890, Utah's application for statehood became acceptable to Congress and the Utah Territory became Utah..
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In 1906, she was merely 10 years old when Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.
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