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Ruth Thornton 1903 - 1978

Ruth Thornton was born on January 30, 1903, and died at age 75 years old in June 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth Thornton.

Ruth Thornton
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In 1903, in the year that Ruth Thornton was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.
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In 1916, Ruth was just 13 years old when visiting nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. at 46 Amboy St. in Brooklyn New York. Ten days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested for "violating laws against giving out birth control information" which was defined as obscenity. The clinic was not handing out birth control - just information about sex and birth control methods. (The Comstock law categorized information about abortion, family planning, and contraception as “obscene”.) The clinics and organizations that Sanger established later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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Thornton, Ruth (Apr 23, 1917 - Mar 6, 1988) Thornton, Ruth (Nov 5, 1908 - Nov 22, 1976) Thornton, Ruth A (Dec 9, 1925 - May 18, 1999) Thornton, Ruth (Mar 16, 1922 - Jul 18, 1995) Thornton, Ruth (Mar 11, 1897 - Sep 1985) Thornton, Ruth (Jan 14, 1897 - Sep 1972) Thornton, Ruth (Sep 7, 1930 - Jul 1992) Thornton, Ruth (Nov 1, 1923 - Nov 12, 2009) Thornton, Ruth (Jun 23, 1901 - Nov 1976) Thornton, Ruth (Jan 5, 1915 - Dec 1984)
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Thornton, Thelma Thornton, Myrtle (Born Apr 9, 1884) Thornton, Irene (Born 1882) Thornton, Madison (Born Jan 10, 1886) Thornton, William (Born 1840) Thornton, Matilda Ann (Born Mar 16, 1843) Thornton, Elon (Born 1844) Thornton, Austin (Born Nov 27, 1846) Thornton, Noah (Born 1856) Thornton, Thomas (Born 1852)
Thornton, Amos (Born Nov 27, 1833) Thornton-Cooper, Georgia? (Born Oct 1856) Thornton, Todd Thornton, Jessica (Born c. Feb 17) Thornton, Randall (Jun 29, 1906 - Sep 22, 1988) Thornton, John (Feb 10, 1895 - Feb 1971) Thornton, Albert (Feb 6, 1900 - Feb 17, 1988) Thornton, Adelbert (Oct 6, 1903 - Jan 29, 1988) Thornton, Marion (Jun 1, 1919 - Oct 15, 2000) Thornton, Norman (Sep 12, 1916 - Feb 1976)
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