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Gertrude Edwards 1888 - 1980

Gertrude Edwards of Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina was born on March 25, 1888, and died at age 91 years old in February 1980.
Gertrude Edwards
Kittrell, Vance County, North Carolina 27544
March 25, 1888
February 1980
Female
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    March 25, 1888
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    1980

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    February 1980
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    Gertrude Edwards lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1888, in the year that Gertrude Edwards was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1957, Gertrude was 69 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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