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Catherine Book 1911 - 2008

Catherine Book of Harlan, Shelby County, IA was born on June 2, 1911, and died at age 97 years old on June 4, 2008.
Catherine Book
Harlan, Shelby County, IA 51537
June 2, 1911
June 4, 2008
Female
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    1911

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    June 2, 1911
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  • 06/4
    2008

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    June 4, 2008
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    Catherine Book lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1911, in the year that Catherine Book was born, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.
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In 1958, Catherine was 47 years old when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.
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