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Bessie Smith 1904 - 1987

Bessie Smith of Argyle, Washington County, NY was born on December 19, 1904, and died at age 82 years old on September 15, 1987.
Bessie Smith
Argyle, Washington County, NY 12809
December 19, 1904
September 15, 1987
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1904 - 1987

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  • 12/19
    1904

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    December 19, 1904
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  • 09/15
    1987

    Death

    September 15, 1987
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    Bessie Smith lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.
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In 1916, she was just 12 years old when suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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