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May M Powlis 1916 - 1991

May M Powlis was born on January 23, 1916, and died at age 75 years old on July 2, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember May M Powlis.
May M Powlis
January 23, 1916
July 2, 1991
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May M Powlis' History: 1916 - 1991

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  • 01/23
    1916

    Birthday

    January 23, 1916
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  • 07/2
    1991

    Death

    July 2, 1991
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    May M Powlis lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1916, in the year that May M Powlis was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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In 1924, May was only 8 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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