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Jean B Powell 1914 - 1999

Jean B Powell was born on December 23, 1914, and died at age 84 years old on May 15, 1999. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jean B Powell.
Jean B Powell
December 23, 1914
May 15, 1999
Female
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  • 12/23
    1914

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    December 23, 1914
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  • 05/15
    1999

    Death

    May 15, 1999
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    Cause of death
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    Jean B Powell lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1914, in the year that Jean B Powell 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 1925, she was merely 11 years old 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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