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Earlene A Rakestraw 1919 - 2010

Earlene A Rakestraw of Winston Salem, Forsyth County, NC was born on December 1, 1919, and died at age 90 years old on April 13, 2010.
Earlene A Rakestraw
Winston Salem, Forsyth County, NC 27107
December 1, 1919
April 13, 2010
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  • 12/1
    1919

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    December 1, 1919
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  • 04/13
    2010

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    April 13, 2010
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    Earlene A Rakestraw lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1919, in the year that Earlene A Rakestraw was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1920, she was only 1 year old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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