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Ruby Risher 1911 - 1986

Ruby Risher of Waynesboro, Wayne County, Mississippi was born on July 21, 1911, and died at age 75 years old in September 1986.
Ruby Risher
Waynesboro, Wayne County, Mississippi 39367
July 21, 1911
September 1986
Female
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  • 07/21
    1911

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    July 21, 1911
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  • 09/dd
    1986

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    September 1986
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    Ruby Risher lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1911, in the year that Ruby Risher was born, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.
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In 1951, at the age of 40 years old, Ruby was alive when on April 5th, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (husband and wife) were sentenced to death for treason. They were executed on June 19th. American citizens, they were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Their two young sons were adopted by a high school teacher and his wife.
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