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Ruby Bridges 1920 - 1998

Ruby Bridges of Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL was born on September 5, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on August 17, 1998.

Ruby Bridges
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Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL 62052
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In 1920, in the year that Ruby Bridges was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1936, at the age of 16 years old, Ruby was alive when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
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Bridges, Ruby Bridges, Ruby (May 23, 1907 - Apr 1985) Bridges, Ruby (Mar 8, 1932 - Feb 18, 2003) Bridges, Ruby (Dec 15, 1919 - Jan 14, 1988) Bridges, Ruby (Feb 14, 1909 - Sep 1, 1989) Bridges, Ruby (Apr 23, 1928 - Jun 30, 2004) Bridges, Ruby (Dec 5, 1914 - Jan 29, 1990) Bridges, Ruby (Mar 27, 1918 - Mar 7, 1997) Bridges, Ruby (Feb 10, 1923 - Feb 1993) Bridges, Ruby (May 29, 1911 - Feb 6, 1997)
Bridges, Ruby (Sep 22, 1924 - Dec 1976) Bridges, Ruby (May 3, 1926 - Apr 27, 2001) Bridges, Ruby (Sep 30, 1934 - May 8, 2005) Bridges, Ruby (Oct 5, 1912 - Sep 26, 1995) Bridges, Ruby (Nov 13, 1925 - Feb 18, 1999) Bridges, Ruby (Jun 25, 1904 - Jun 1982) Bridges, Ruby (Nov 11, 1913 - May 3, 1997) Bridges, Ruby (Jan 1, 1918 - Aug 1986) Bridges, Ruby (Jul 16, 1908 - Feb 2, 2005) Bridges, Ruby (Mar 1, 1891 - May 1970)

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Bridges, Amanda (Born 1859) Bridges, Harry (Born Jun 1, 1872) Bridges, Lera (Born Jul 29, 1893) Bridges, Mary (Born Mar 29, 1835) Bridges, Inez (Born Mar 5, 1906) Bridges, Henry (Born Feb 25, 1831) Bridges, Mary E (Born Mar 29, 1835) Bridges-Ireland, Abbie (Born 1880) Bridges, James (Born Oct 4, 1919) Bridges, Webster (Mar 19, 1902 - Jan 1983)
Bridges, Irene (Mar 6, 1906 - Nov 12, 1989) Bridges, Elizabeth (Nov 12, 1907 - Aug 1982) Bridges, Ethel (Mar 15, 1896 - Sep 1975) Bridges, Lester (Apr 1, 1906 - May 1987) Bridges, Robert (Jun 16, 1914 - Apr 1981) Bridges, Robert (Apr 19, 1925 - Oct 1983) Bridges, Irene (Mar 15, 1928 - Mar 27, 1992) Bridges, Olive (Dec 6, 1925 - Aug 1983) Bridges, Thomas (Dec 26, 1906 - Feb 15, 1996) Bridges, Libby (Jun 27, 1947 - Aug 1980)
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