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Bessie Swain 1908 - 2001

Bessie Swain of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on May 21, 1908, and died at age 93 years old on October 1, 2001.
Bessie Swain
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11216
May 21, 1908
October 1, 2001
Female
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  • 05/21
    1908

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    May 21, 1908
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  • 10/1
    2001

    Death

    October 1, 2001
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    Bessie Swain lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1908, in the year that Bessie Swain was born, Henry Ford developed the first Model T automobile, often called the Tin Lizzy or flivver. Produced from 1908 through 1927, it first sold for $850 - which made it affordable for every middle class family. Previously, cars were the province of the upper class and the introduction of the Model T and its availability changed U.S. culture. Within days of its release, over 15,000 cars had been ordered.
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In 1916, Bessie was just 8 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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