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Mathilda Cognata 1906 - 1994

Mathilda Cognata of Staten Island, Richmond County, NY was born on September 6, 1906, and died at age 87 years old on May 16, 1994.
Mathilda Cognata
Staten Island, Richmond County, NY 10305
September 6, 1906
May 16, 1994
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  • 09/6
    1906

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    September 6, 1906
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  • 05/16
    1994

    Death

    May 16, 1994
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    Mathilda Cognata lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1906, in the year that Mathilda Cognata was born, Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.
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In 1925, by the time she was 19 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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