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Laura Brooks 1882 - 1983

Laura Brooks of Wilmington, New Castle County, DE was born on July 16, 1882, and died at age 101 years old in July 1983.
Laura Brooks
Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19807
July 16, 1882
July 1983
Female
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Laura Brooks' History: 1882 - 1983

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    1882

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    July 16, 1882
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  • 07/dd
    1983

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    July 1983
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    Laura Brooks lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1882, in the year that Laura Brooks was born, on March 22nd, the Edmunds Act - passed by Congress - made polygamy a felony. The Act also banned "bigamous" relationships and "unlawful cohabitation", making it illegal for polygamists and those who simply lived together without marrying to vote, be on a jury, or hold a public office.
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In 1906, Laura was 24 years old when author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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