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Leona Davis 1906 - 1999

Leona Davis of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO was born on December 22, 1906, and died at age 92 years old on September 18, 1999.
Leona Davis
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO 63121
December 22, 1906
September 18, 1999
Female
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  • 12/22
    1906

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    December 22, 1906
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  • 09/18
    1999

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    September 18, 1999
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    Leona Davis lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1906, in the year that Leona Davis was born, 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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In 1941, when she was 35 years old, 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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