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Lura Ricker 1906 - 1970

Lura Ricker of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa was born on July 10, 1906, and died at age 63 years old in May 1970.
Lura Ricker
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 52403
July 10, 1906
May 1970
Female
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Lura Ricker's History: 1906 - 1970

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  • 07/10
    1906

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    July 10, 1906
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  • 05/dd
    1970

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    May 1970
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    Lura Ricker lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1906, in the year that Lura Ricker 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 1916, by the time she was only 10 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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