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Margaret Schmitt 1904 - 1995

Margaret Schmitt of Ridgewood, Queens County, NY was born on December 17, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on December 25, 1995.
Margaret Schmitt
Ridgewood, Queens County, NY 11385
December 17, 1904
December 25, 1995
Female
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Margaret Schmitt's History: 1904 - 1995

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    December 17, 1904
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  • 12/25
    1995

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    December 25, 1995
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    Margaret Schmitt lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Margaret Schmitt was born, 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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In 1914, Margaret was just 10 years old 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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