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Eva H Gressem 1922 - 1994

Eva H Gressem of Capitol Heights, Prince Georges County, MD was born on June 5, 1922, and died at age 72 years old on December 7, 1994.
Eva H Gressem
Capitol Heights, Prince Georges County, MD 20743
June 5, 1922
December 7, 1994
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  • 06/5
    1922

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    June 5, 1922
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  • 12/7
    1994

    Death

    December 7, 1994
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    Eva H Gressem lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1922, in the year that Eva H Gressem 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.
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In 1941, at the age of 19 years old, Eva 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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