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Rae Taffit 1900 - 1994

Rae Taffit of Jamaica, Queens County, NY was born on January 7, 1900, and died at age 94 years old in December 1994.
Rae Taffit
Jamaica, Queens County, NY 11434
January 7, 1900
December 1994
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Rae Taffit's History: 1900 - 1994

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  • 01/7
    1900

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    January 7, 1900
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  • 12/dd
    1994

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    December 1994
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    Rae Taffit lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1900, in the year that Rae Taffit was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1942, by the time she was 42 years old, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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