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Ruth Sharp 1896 - 1975

Ruth Sharp of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on September 14, 1896, and died at age 78 years old in May 1975.
Ruth Sharp
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50316
September 14, 1896
May 1975
Female
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Ruth Sharp's History: 1896 - 1975

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  • 09/14
    1896

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    September 14, 1896
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  • 05/dd
    1975

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    May 1975
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    Ruth Sharp lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1896, in the year that Ruth Sharp was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1924, she was 28 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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