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Laura Holmes 1906 - 1995

Laura Holmes of Maynard, Fayette County, IA was born on October 2, 1906, and died at age 89 years old in October 1995.
Laura Holmes
Maynard, Fayette County, IA 50655
October 2, 1906
October 1995
Female
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Laura Holmes' History: 1906 - 1995

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    1906

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    October 2, 1906
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  • 10/dd
    1995

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    October 1995
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    Laura Holmes lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1906, in the year that Laura Holmes was born, Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.
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In 1916, Laura was just 10 years old when suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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