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Gerthia M Wilson 1914 - 1999

Gerthia M Wilson of Memphis, Shelby County, TN was born on June 22, 1914, and died at age 85 years old on October 8, 1999.
Gerthia M Wilson
Memphis, Shelby County, TN 38127
June 22, 1914
October 8, 1999
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  • 06/22
    1914

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    June 22, 1914
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  • 10/8
    1999

    Death

    October 8, 1999
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    Gerthia M Wilson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1914, in the year that Gerthia M Wilson 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 1934, Gerthia was 20 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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