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Lucy Elam 1872 - 1966

Lucy Elam of New Orleans, Orleans County, LA was born on August 1, 1872, and died at age 94 years old on October 15, 1966.
Lucy Elam
New Orleans, Orleans County, LA 70117
August 1, 1872
October 15, 1966
Female
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    1872

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    August 1, 1872
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  • 10/15
    1966

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    October 15, 1966
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    Lucy Elam lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1872, in the year that Lucy Elam was born, on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.
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In 1914, at the age of 42 years old, Lucy was alive when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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