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Bessie Whitehead 1889 - 1981

Bessie Whitehead of Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi was born on December 31, 1889, and died at age 91 years old in November 1981.
Bessie Whitehead
Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi 38801
December 31, 1889
November 1981
Female
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Bessie Whitehead's History: 1889 - 1981

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    1889

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    December 31, 1889
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    1981

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    November 1981
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    Bessie Whitehead lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1889, in the year that Bessie Whitehead was born, on May 31st, the South Fork Dam collapsed. Located in western Pennsylvania, the dam failed - sending more than 20 million tons of water into the towns below it. The flood killed more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown. The newly formed Red Cross responded to the disaster.
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In 1919, she was 30 years old when Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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