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Elvira Odonnell 1916 - 1987

Elvira Odonnell of Allentown, Lehigh County, PA was born on July 16, 1916, and died at age 70 years old in April 1987.
Elvira Odonnell
Allentown, Lehigh County, PA 18103
July 16, 1916
April 1987
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Elvira Odonnell's History: 1916 - 1987

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    1916

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    July 16, 1916
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  • 04/dd
    1987

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    April 1987
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    Elvira Odonnell lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1916, in the year that Elvira Odonnell was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1925, at the age of just 9 years old, Elvira 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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