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Eleanor Harper 1919 - 2001

Eleanor Harper of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, PA was born on October 5, 1919, and died at age 81 years old on June 21, 2001.
Eleanor Harper
Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, PA 17948
October 5, 1919
June 21, 2001
Female
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  • 10/5
    1919

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    October 5, 1919
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  • 06/21
    2001

    Death

    June 21, 2001
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    Eleanor Harper lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1919, in the year that Eleanor Harper was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1935, she was 16 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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