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Leola Thornton 1906 - 1986

Leola Thornton of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia was born on February 17, 1906, and died at age 80 years old in June 1986.
Leola Thornton
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 30315
February 17, 1906
June 1986
Female
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Leola Thornton's History: 1906 - 1986

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  • 02/17
    1906

    Birthday

    February 17, 1906
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  • 06/dd
    1986

    Death

    June 1986
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    Leola Thornton lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1906, in the year that Leola Thornton was born, abolitionist and suffragette leader Susan B. Anthony died, before women's right to vote nationally was realized (in 1920). She, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association which later became the League of Women Voters. She died at the age of 86 of heart failure and pneumonia in her home in New York.
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In 1933, at the age of 27 years old, Leola was alive when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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