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Rachel Gentry 1909 - 1980

Rachel Gentry was born on December 28, 1909, and died at age 70 years old in August 1980. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rachel Gentry.
Rachel Gentry
December 28, 1909
August 1980
Female
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  • 12/28
    1909

    Birthday

    December 28, 1909
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  • 08/dd
    1980

    Death

    August 1980
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    Rachel Gentry lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1909, in the year that Rachel Gentry 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 1925, at the age of 16 years old, Rachel was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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