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Ruth Allen Scollon 1924 - 2005

Ruth Allen Scollon of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, TN was born on December 16, 1924, and died at age 80 years old on February 28, 2005. Ruth Scollon was buried at Nashville National Cemetery Section PP Site 57 1420 Gallatin Road, South, in Madison.
Ruth Allen Scollon
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, TN 37130
December 16, 1924
February 28, 2005
Female
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  • 12/16
    1924

    Birthday

    December 16, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: PHM2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/28
    2005

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    February 28, 2005
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    Nashville National Cemetery Section PP Site 57 1420 Gallatin Road, South, in Madison, Tn 37115
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In 1924, in the year that Ruth Allen Scollon 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, at the age of 17 years old, Ruth was alive 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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