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Maria Justa Pena 1915 - 2009

Maria Justa Pena of Whittier, Los Angeles County, California was born on May 22, 1915, and died at age 93 years old on February 19, 2009.
Maria Justa Pena
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California 90605
May 22, 1915
February 19, 2009
Female
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Maria Justa Pena's History: 1915 - 2009

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  • 05/22
    1915

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    May 22, 1915
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  • 02/19
    2009

    Death

    February 19, 2009
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    Maria Justa Pena lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1915, in the year that Maria Justa Pena was born, Audrey Munson, playing a model for a sculptor in the film "Inspiration", became the first actress to shed her clothes on screen. Fearing that banning the film would mean that censors would also have to "ban Renaissance art" the film was released, with Munson in the nude scenes and a stand-in doing the acting. (Munson had previously been "America's First Supermodel" and posed nude as the model for many famous artworks.) The film was a hit with audiences.
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In 1931, at the age of 16 years old, Maria was alive when in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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