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Ruth Brownlee 1900 - 1972

Ruth Brownlee of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana was born on February 25, 1900, and died at age 72 years old in November 1972.

Ruth Brownlee

Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana 70806

February 25, 1900

November 1972

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February 25, 1900

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In 1900, in the year that Ruth Brownlee was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.

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In 1911, Ruth was only 11 years old when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.

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