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Dorothea Covington 1906 - 1978

Dorothea Covington was born on October 28, 1906, and died at age 71 years old in January 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Dorothea Covington.
Dorothea Covington
October 28, 1906
January 1978
Female
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Dorothea Covington's History: 1906 - 1978

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  • 10/28
    1906

    Birthday

    October 28, 1906
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  • 01/dd
    1978

    Death

    January 1978
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    Dorothea Covington lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1906, in the year that Dorothea Covington was born, English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
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In 1922, at the age of 16 years old, Dorothea was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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