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Ruth Carr 1915 - 1970

Ruth Carr of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on May 2, 1915, and died at age 54 years old in April 1970.
Ruth Carr
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50317
May 2, 1915
April 1970
Female
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  • 05/2
    1915

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    May 2, 1915
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  • 04/dd
    1970

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    April 1970
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    Ruth Carr lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 54.
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In 1915, in the year that Ruth Carr was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1922, by the time she was just 7 years old, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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