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Lena Riskin 1882 - 1981

Lena Riskin was born on May 1, 1882, and died at age 99 years old in June 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lena Riskin.

Lena Riskin
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In 1882, in the year that Lena Riskin 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 1904, at the age of 22 years old, Lena was alive when 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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Riskin, Philip (Jun 21, 1910 - Nov 20, 2003) Riskin, Irene (Dec 26, 1915 - Sep 17, 2005) Riskin, Helen (Jan 20, 1918 - Aug 20, 1996) Riskin, Ida (Sep 8, 1919 - May 16, 1992) Riskin, Mollie (Nov 23, 1911 - Jun 12, 2005) Riskin, Natalie (Apr 8, 1921 - Jun 30, 1988) Riskin, David (Jun 22, 1909 - Oct 1975) Riskin, Rose (Sep 24, 1885 - Feb 1979) Riskin, Annette (Sep 26, 1936 - Feb 2, 2006) Riskin, Archie (Apr 10, 1903 - Jul 16, 1993)
Riskin, David (Dec 22, 1911 - Feb 22, 2005) Riskin, Paula (Jan 7, 1948 - Nov 6, 2006) Riskin, Sumner (Jan 29, 1920 - Apr 1, 2006) Riskin, Leona (Oct 25, 1911 - Dec 1983) Riskin, Jeffrey (Apr 11, 1943 - May 17, 2009) Riskin, Harry (Dec 16, 1914 - Oct 1968) Riskin, Israel (Aug 25, 1886 - May 1970) Riskin, Isadore (Mar 20, 1882 - Dec 1962) Riskin, Rose (Nov 1, 1911 - Jan 15, 2000) Riskin, Jerome (Jun 8, 1925 - Sep 27, 2003)
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