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Florence Rankin 1914 - 1986

Florence Rankin of Boston, Suffolk County, MA was born on December 11, 1914, and died at age 71 years old in August 1986.
Florence Rankin
Boston, Suffolk County, MA 02127
December 11, 1914
August 1986
Female
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Florence Rankin's History: 1914 - 1986

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    1914

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    December 11, 1914
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  • 08/dd
    1986

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    August 1986
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    Florence Rankin lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1914, in the year that Florence Rankin was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1920, Florence was just 6 years old when 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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