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Ruth J Countryman 1916 - 2003

Ruth J Countryman of Birmingham, Van Buren County, IA was born on January 23, 1916, and died at age 87 years old on October 12, 2003.
Ruth J Countryman
Birmingham, Van Buren County, IA 52535
January 23, 1916
October 12, 2003
Female
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  • 01/23
    1916

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    January 23, 1916
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  • 10/12
    2003

    Death

    October 12, 2003
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    Ruth J Countryman lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1916, in the year that Ruth J Countryman was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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In 1921, Ruth was just 5 years old when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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