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Dorothy Harlan 1916 - 1982

Dorothy Harlan of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana was born on January 9, 1916, and died at age 66 years old in November 1982.
Dorothy Harlan
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana 47906
January 9, 1916
November 1982
Female
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Dorothy Harlan's History: 1916 - 1982

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  • 01/9
    1916

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    January 9, 1916
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  • 11/dd
    1982

    Death

    November 1982
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    Cause of death
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    Dorothy Harlan lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1916, in the year that Dorothy Harlan was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1925, at the age of just 9 years old, Dorothy was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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