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Opal I Detweiler 1909 - 2008

Opal I Detweiler of Salina, Saline County, KS was born on March 30, 1909, and died at age 99 years old on May 24, 2008.
Opal I Detweiler
Salina, Saline County, KS 67401
March 30, 1909
May 24, 2008
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  • 03/30
    1909

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    March 30, 1909
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  • 05/24
    2008

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    May 24, 2008
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    Opal I Detweiler lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 99.
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In 1909, in the year that Opal I Detweiler was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1941, when she was 32 years old, 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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