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Gertrude Purdy 1904 - 1998

Gertrude Purdy of Bridgewater, Somerset County, NJ was born on October 9, 1904, and died at age 93 years old on January 15, 1998.
Gertrude Purdy
Bridgewater, Somerset County, NJ 08807
October 9, 1904
January 15, 1998
Female
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Gertrude Purdy's History: 1904 - 1998

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  • 10/9
    1904

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    October 9, 1904
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  • 01/15
    1998

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    January 15, 1998
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    Gertrude Purdy lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1904, in the year that Gertrude Purdy was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1950, she was 46 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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