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Nella Franklin (1900 - 1987)
Nella Franklin was born on March 11, 1900. She died in July 1987 at age 87. We know that Nella Franklin had been residing in Decatur, Wise County, Texas 76234.
Nella Franklin Biography
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Nella Franklin died in July 1987 at 87 years old. She was born on March 11, 1900. There is no information about Nella's immediate family. We know that Nella Franklin had been residing in Decatur, Wise County, Texas 76234.
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1900 - 1987 World Events
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In 1900, in the year that Nella Franklin was born, Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
In 1938, Nella was 38 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
In 1954, she was 54 years old when on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.
In 1976, by the time she was 76 years old, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."
In 1987, in the year of Nella Franklin's passing, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.
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