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Dorothy L Shear 1914 - 2006

Dorothy L Shear of Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, CO was born on December 12, 1914, and died at age 91 years old on February 19, 2006.
Dorothy L Shear
Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, CO 80033
December 12, 1914
February 19, 2006
Female
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    December 12, 1914
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    2006

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    February 19, 2006
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    Dorothy L Shear lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1914, in the year that Dorothy L Shear was born, 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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In 1927, Dorothy was just 13 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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