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Desire Ekes 1900 - 1973

Desire Ekes of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on October 6, 1900, and died at age 72 years old in February 1973.

Desire Ekes
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Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11218
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October 6, 1900
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February 1973
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Updated: October 3, 2011
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In 1900, in the year that Desire Ekes was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1916, at the age of 16 years old, Desire was alive 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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Ekes, Frederick (Mar 25, 1937 - Oct 1971) Ekes, George (Jan 17, 1911 - Jan 1976) Ekes, Stephen (Jan 17, 1908 - Aug 1984) Ekes, Marie (Jun 26, 1912 - Oct 11, 2002) Ekes, Anna (Sep 10, 1902 - Nov 9, 1992) Ekes, Anton (Jul 15, 1933 - Jan 2, 1990) Ekes, Alfred (Sep 20, 1958 - Dec 31, 1990) Ekes, Pearl (Jul 25, 1921 - May 18, 1998) Ekes, Vernice (Jul 5, 1922 - Feb 1976) Ekes, Kenneth (Dec 13, 1942 - Jun 1984)
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