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Lena Bekken 1906 - 1998

Lena Bekken of Galesburg, Knox County, IL was born on May 20, 1906, and died at age 92 years old in October 1998.

Lena Bekken
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Galesburg, Knox County, IL 61401
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In 1906, in the year that Lena Bekken 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 1941, she was 35 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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Bekken, George (Aug 29, 1916 - Apr 8, 1995) Bekken, Elizabeth (Aug 15, 1919 - Aug 29, 2005) Bekken, Rosalie (May 14, 1925 - Dec 1992) Bekken, Lois (Oct 12, 1934 - May 1982) Bekken, Everett (Oct 12, 1916 - Jul 11, 2003) Bekken, Everett (Oct 15, 1907 - Oct 2, 1993) Bekken, Geraldine (Aug 20, 1917 - Nov 6, 1996) Bekken, Jennie (Feb 19, 1896 - Nov 1983) Bekken, William (May 12, 1889 - Aug 1968) Bekken, Henry (Jan 12, 1892 - Nov 1964)
Bekken, Herman (Aug 4, 1885 - Jul 1963) Bekken, Grace (Sep 14, 1897 - Nov 1975) Bekken, Richard (Feb 21, 1925 - Oct 1992) Bekken, Jack (Mar 14, 1959 - Apr 18, 2011) Bekken, Edward (Dec 29, 1916 - Mar 1983) Bekken, Jennie (Feb 16, 1896 - Dec 1985) Bekken, John (Aug 16, 1883 - Sep 1973) Bekken, Marion (Oct 28, 1908 - Jan 1975) Bekken, Henry (Dec 13, 1886 - Sep 1973) Bekken, Richard (Aug 4, 1955 - Sep 1973)
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