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Florence Cortez 1919 - 1980

Florence Cortez of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on July 16, 1919, and died at age 61 years old in October 1980.
Florence Cortez
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60609
July 16, 1919
October 1980
Female
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  • 07/16
    1919

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    July 16, 1919
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  • 10/dd
    1980

    Death

    October 1980
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    Florence Cortez lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 61.
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In 1919, in the year that Florence Cortez was born, Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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In 1941, by the time she was 22 years old, 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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