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Dorothy Grimes 1906 - 1981

Dorothy Grimes of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL was born on January 14, 1906, and died at age 75 years old on July 15, 1981. Dorothy Grimes was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2U Site 2941 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny.
Dorothy Grimes
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL 33308
January 14, 1906
July 15, 1981
Female
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  • 01/14
    1906

    Birthday

    January 14, 1906
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War I
  • 07/15
    1981

    Death

    July 15, 1981
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    Unknown
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    Long Island National Cemetery Section 2U Site 2941 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
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In 1906, in the year that Dorothy Grimes was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1957, by the time she was 51 years old, on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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