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Leota Morris 1886 - 1979

Leota Morris of Belle, Kanawha County, West Virginia was born on September 2, 1886, and died at age 92 years old in May 1979.
Leota Morris
Belle, Kanawha County, West Virginia 25015
September 2, 1886
May 1979
Female
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Leota Morris' History: 1886 - 1979

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    1886

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    September 2, 1886
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  • 05/dd
    1979

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    May 1979
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    Leota Morris lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1886, in the year that Leota Morris was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1904, by the time she was 18 years old, 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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