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Ruth P Cottengim 1897 - 1997

Ruth P Cottengim was born on October 20, 1897, and died at age 99 years old on October 17, 1997. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth P Cottengim.
Ruth P Cottengim
October 20, 1897
October 17, 1997
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  • 10/20
    1897

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    October 20, 1897
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  • 10/17
    1997

    Death

    October 17, 1997
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    Ruth P Cottengim lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 99.
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In 1897, in the year that Ruth P Cottengim was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1916, Ruth was 19 years old when 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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