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Leona Showalter 1905 - 1978

Leona Showalter of Washington, Daviess County, Indiana was born on July 27, 1905, and died at age 72 years old in May 1978.
Leona Showalter
Washington, Daviess County, Indiana 47501
July 27, 1905
May 1978
Female
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Leona Showalter's History: 1905 - 1978

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  • 07/27
    1905

    Birthday

    July 27, 1905
    Birthdate
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  • 05/dd
    1978

    Death

    May 1978
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Leona Showalter lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1905, in the year that Leona Showalter was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1916, when she was only 11 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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