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Florence Mcgowan 1916 - 1973

Florence Mcgowan of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa was born on December 19, 1916, and died at age 56 years old in September 1973.
Florence Mcgowan
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 52404
December 19, 1916
September 1973
Female
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    1916

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    December 19, 1916
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  • 09/dd
    1973

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    September 1973
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    Florence Mcgowan lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.
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In 1916, in the year that Florence Mcgowan 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 1934, Florence was 18 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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