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Edith Burwell 1888 - 1973

Edith Burwell of Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina was born on January 5, 1888, and died at age 85 years old in January 1973.
Edith Burwell
Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina 27589
January 5, 1888
January 1973
Female
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Edith Burwell's History: 1888 - 1973

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    1888

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    January 5, 1888
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    1973

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    January 1973
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    Edith Burwell lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1888, in the year that Edith Burwell was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1941, she was 53 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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