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Mildred Gellis 1914 - 1978

Mildred Gellis of Far Rockaway, Queens County, NY was born on January 16, 1914, and died at age 64 years old in February 1978.

Mildred Gellis

Far Rockaway, Queens County, NY 11691

January 16, 1914

February 1978

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January 16, 1914

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Mildred Gellis lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.

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In 1914, in the year that Mildred Gellis was born, 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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In 1934, Mildred was 20 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

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