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Ruth A Petersen 1900 - 1997

Ruth A Petersen of Whiting, Monona County, IA was born on January 5, 1900, and died at age 97 years old on January 27, 1997.
Ruth A Petersen
Whiting, Monona County, IA 51063
January 5, 1900
January 27, 1997
Female
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    1900

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    January 5, 1900
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  • 01/27
    1997

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    January 27, 1997
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    Ruth A Petersen lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1900, in the year that Ruth A Petersen was born, Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
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In 1934, at the age of 34 years old, Ruth was alive when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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