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Dortha Townsend 1925 - 1989

Dortha Townsend of Clifton, Mesa County, CO was born on November 24, 1925, and died at age 63 years old on May 5, 1989.

Dortha Townsend
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Clifton, Mesa County, CO 81520
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November 24, 1925
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In 1925, in the year that Dortha Townsend was born, 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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In 1941, she was 16 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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Townsend, Stephen (Oct 16, 1901 - Dec 1976) Townsend, Thomas (Nov 26, 1899 - Aug 1970) Townsend, James (Apr 1, 1891 - Dec 1969) Townsend, Fred (Dec 11, 1873 - Oct 1965) Townsend, Laura (Mar 20, 1887 - Feb 1982) Townsend, Elmer (May 2, 1883 - Aug 1975) Townsend, William (Mar 30, 1902 - Jan 1980) Townsend, Harold (Apr 18, 1909 - Dec 4, 2006) Townsend, Dorothy (Jun 15, 1915 - Aug 3, 1996) Townsend, John (Aug 10, 1930 - Dec 1968)
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