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Rita J Wright 1922 - 2009

Rita J Wright of East Granby, Hartford County, CT was born on September 25, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on October 5, 2009.
Rita J Wright
East Granby, Hartford County, CT 06026
September 25, 1922
October 5, 2009
Female
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  • 09/25
    1922

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    September 25, 1922
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  • 10/5
    2009

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    October 5, 2009
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In 1922, in the year that Rita J Wright was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1941, she was 19 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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