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Ruth S Wakefield 1904 - 1992

Ruth S Wakefield of Great Falls, Fairfax County, VA was born on July 28, 1904, and died at age 87 years old on June 13, 1992.
Ruth S Wakefield
Great Falls, Fairfax County, VA 22066
July 28, 1904
June 13, 1992
Female
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  • 07/28
    1904

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    July 28, 1904
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  • 06/13
    1992

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    June 13, 1992
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    Ruth S Wakefield lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruth S Wakefield was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1941, Ruth was 37 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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