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Ruth Downie 1896 - 1973

Ruth Downie of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota was born on August 11, 1896, and died at age 77 years old in October 1973.
Ruth Downie
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota 55117
August 11, 1896
October 1973
Female
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  • 08/11
    1896

    Birthday

    August 11, 1896
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  • 10/dd
    1973

    Death

    October 1973
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    Ruth Downie lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1896, in the year that Ruth Downie was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1914, at the age of 18 years old, Ruth was alive when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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