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Edna Petrik 1904 - 1983

Edna Petrik of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on October 1, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in July 1983.

Edna Petrik

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60609

October 1, 1904

July 1983

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Edna Petrik lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.

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In 1904, in the year that Edna Petrik was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.

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In 1946, at the age of 42 years old, Edna was alive when pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.

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