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Ethel Hedges 1920 - 2005

Ethel Hedges of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD was born on January 21, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on August 13, 2005.
Ethel Hedges
Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD 21201
January 21, 1920
August 13, 2005
Female
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  • 01/21
    1920

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    January 21, 1920
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  • 08/13
    2005

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    August 13, 2005
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    Ethel Hedges lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1920, in the year that Ethel Hedges was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1941, at the age of 21 years old, Ethel was alive when 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.
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