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Ruth Mcgowan 1916 - 1985

Ruth Mcgowan of Joliet, Will County, Illinois was born on January 15, 1916, and died at age 69 years old in May 1985.
Ruth Mcgowan
Joliet, Will County, Illinois 60435
January 15, 1916
May 1985
Female
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Ruth Mcgowan's History: 1916 - 1985

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  • 01/15
    1916

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    January 15, 1916
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  • 05/dd
    1985

    Death

    May 1985
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    Ruth Mcgowan lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1916, in the year that Ruth Mcgowan 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 1928, she was only 12 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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