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Nellie B Bakkethun 1906 - 2002

Nellie B Bakkethun of Red Wing, Goodhue County, MN was born on August 8, 1906, and died at age 95 years old on February 8, 2002.
Nellie B Bakkethun
Red Wing, Goodhue County, MN 55066
August 8, 1906
February 8, 2002
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  • 08/8
    1906

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    August 8, 1906
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  • 02/8
    2002

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    February 8, 2002
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    Nellie B Bakkethun lived 33 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1906, in the year that Nellie B Bakkethun was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1919, at the age of just 13 years old, Nellie was alive when in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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