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Edna G Steward 1922 - 2008

Edna G Steward (1922 - 2008)
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Edna G Steward
Last Known Residence
Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut 06787
Born
July 13, 1922
Death
February 15, 2008
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Edna G Steward of Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut was born on July 13, 1922, and died at age 85 years old on February 15, 2008.

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Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut 06787
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Edna Steward passed away at age 85 years old on February 15, 2008. Edna G Steward of Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut was born on July 13, 1922.

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Edna G Steward lived 15 years longer than the average Steward family member when she died at the age of 85.
The average age of a Steward family member is 70.
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In 1922, in the year that Edna G Steward was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

In 1936, when she was merely 14 years old, on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

In 1941, by the time she was 19 years old, 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.

In 1957, at the age of 35 years old, Edna was alive when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.

In 1995, at the age of 73 years old, Edna was alive when on May 19th, the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil - before 9/11 - took place in Oklahoma City. A truck bomb went off outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown - killing 68 people, injuring more than 680 others, and destroying one-third of the building. The most disturbing images were of children - a daycare center was hit by the bomb. The deadliest incident of domestic terrorism ever, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier were convicted of the bombing.

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