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Gertie Devries 1917 - 2002

Gertie Devries of Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA was born on November 26, 1917, and died at age 84 years old on August 28, 2002.

Gertie Devries

Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA 50613

November 26, 1917

August 28, 2002

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Gertie Devries lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.

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In 1917, in the year that Gertie Devries was born, it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.

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In 1925, at the age of merely 8 years old, Gertie was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.

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