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Edith Diggles 1898 - 1984

Edith Diggles of Newport, Newport County, RI was born on January 5, 1898, and died at age 86 years old in March 1984.
Edith Diggles
Newport, Newport County, RI 02840
January 5, 1898
March 1984
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    1898

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    January 5, 1898
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  • 03/dd
    1984

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    March 1984
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    Edith Diggles lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1898, in the year that Edith Diggles was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1905, at the age of just 7 years old, Edith was alive when the Industrial Workers of the World was founded. An international labor union founded in Chicago, it was most often referred to as the "Wobblies" and had ties to the socialist movement and the anarchist movement. At its peak, it had 150,000 members.
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