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Olive Adkisson 1904 - 1996

Olive Adkisson of Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA was born on February 29, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on February 13, 1996.
Olive Adkisson
Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA 90501
February 29, 1904
February 13, 1996
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  • 02/29
    1904

    Birthday

    February 29, 1904
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  • 02/13
    1996

    Death

    February 13, 1996
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    Olive Adkisson lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Olive Adkisson was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1941, she was 37 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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