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Rena Niemeyer 1924 - 2002

Rena Niemeyer of Oak Park, Cook County, IL was born on January 30, 1924, and died at age 78 years old on September 1, 2002.
Rena Niemeyer
Oak Park, Cook County, IL 60302
January 30, 1924
September 1, 2002
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  • 01/30
    1924

    Birthday

    January 30, 1924
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  • 09/1
    2002

    Death

    September 1, 2002
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In 1924, in the year that Rena Niemeyer was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1941, Rena was 17 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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