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Edith Irene Knapp 1917 - 2008

Edith Irene Knapp of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on February 2, 1917, and died at age 91 years old on February 11, 2008.
Edith Irene Knapp
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77056
February 2, 1917
February 11, 2008
Female
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  • 02/2
    1917

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    February 2, 1917
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  • 02/11
    2008

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    February 11, 2008
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    Edith Irene Knapp lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1917, in the year that Edith Irene Knapp was born, it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
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In 1925, at the age of just 8 years old, Edith was alive when 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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