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Florence Ryan 1897 - 1968

Florence Ryan of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa was born on October 31, 1897, and died at age 70 years old in July 1968.
Florence Ryan
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 52403
October 31, 1897
July 1968
Female
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Florence Ryan's History: 1897 - 1968

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  • 10/31
    1897

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    October 31, 1897
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  • 07/dd
    1968

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    July 1968
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    Unknown
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    Florence Ryan lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1897, in the year that Florence Ryan was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1906, Florence was merely 9 years old when author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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