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Ruth E Smith 1917 - 1999

Ruth E Smith of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on April 2, 1917, and died at age 82 years old on May 4, 1999.
Ruth E Smith
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI 53220
April 2, 1917
May 4, 1999
Female
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  • 04/2
    1917

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    April 2, 1917
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  • 05/4
    1999

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    May 4, 1999
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    Ruth E Smith lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1917, in the year that Ruth E Smith was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1944, at the age of 27 years old, Ruth was alive when on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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