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Dorothy J Pierce 1906 - 1999

Dorothy J Pierce of Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL was born on February 11, 1906, and died at age 93 years old on August 15, 1999.
Dorothy J Pierce
Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL 61201
February 11, 1906
August 15, 1999
Female
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  • 02/11
    1906

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    February 11, 1906
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  • 08/15
    1999

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    August 15, 1999
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In 1906, in the year that Dorothy J Pierce was born, Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.
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In 1914, she was just 8 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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