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Ruth H Ross 1910 - 2008

Ruth H Ross of Lake Charles, Calcasieu County, LA was born on March 25, 1910, and died at age 98 years old on December 30, 2008.
Ruth H Ross
Lake Charles, Calcasieu County, LA 70605
March 25, 1910
December 30, 2008
Female
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  • 03/25
    1910

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    March 25, 1910
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  • 12/30
    2008

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    December 30, 2008
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In 1910, in the year that Ruth H Ross was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1920, she was only 10 years old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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