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Ruth Berkowitz 1915 - 2010

Ruth Berkowitz of Linden, Union County, NJ was born on May 20, 1915, and died at age 94 years old on April 14, 2010.
Ruth Berkowitz
Linden, Union County, NJ 07036
May 20, 1915
April 14, 2010
Female
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    1915

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    May 20, 1915
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  • 04/14
    2010

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    April 14, 2010
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    Ruth Berkowitz lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1915, in the year that Ruth Berkowitz was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1925, at the age of only 10 years old, Ruth was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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