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Jamouneau Joseph Reed

Margaret Dunn Reed

Margaret Martha Reed

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Jamouneau Joseph Reed

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Margaret Dunn Reed

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Derek Reed

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Derek Reed

Derek Reed

James Isaac Reed Sr.

Elizabeth Kerrissey

Orrell (Cutting) Reed

Edmond O'Brien

Ruhl and James Reed

Ruhl Harper Reed

Hurd Hatfield and Donna Reed.

James Reed, III

James Isaac Reed, Jr.

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In 1873, in the year that Margaret Martha Reed was born, on February 12th, The Coinage Act of 1873 was signed by President Ulysses S. Grant. It went into effect on April 1st and ended the use of gold and silver in the U.S. for currency - placing the country on the gold standard. The Act wasn't popular with everyone.

In 1881, when she was just 8 years old, on March 4th, James A. Garfield became the 20th President of the United States. On July 2nd, he was shot by Charles Guiteau, a lawyer, in Washington, D.C. The wound became infected and Garfield died on September 19. Vice President Chester A. Arthur immediately became the 21st President.

In 1919, Margaret was 46 years old when Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.

In 1927, by the time she was 54 years old, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1949, in the year of Margaret Martha Reed's passing, on January 25th, the first Emmy Awards (for television) were handed out in Los Angeles. Shirley Dinsdale won for the Most Outstanding Television Personality and Pantomime Quiz Time earned an Emmy for the Most Popular Television Program.