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Ruth L Nelson 1910 - 1995

Ruth L Nelson of Boston, Suffolk County, MA was born on August 3, 1910, and died at age 85 years old in August 1995.
Ruth L Nelson
Boston, Suffolk County, MA 02127
August 3, 1910
August 1995
Female
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    1910

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    August 3, 1910
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  • 08/dd
    1995

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    August 1995
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    Ruth L Nelson lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1910, in the year that Ruth L Nelson 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 1925, Ruth was only 15 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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