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Shelvia Smith 1904 - 1967

Shelvia Smith of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on May 30, 1904, and died at age 63 years old in October 1967.
Shelvia Smith
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19133
May 30, 1904
October 1967
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Shelvia Smith's History: 1904 - 1967

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    1904

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    May 30, 1904
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  • 10/dd
    1967

    Death

    October 1967
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    Shelvia Smith lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1904, in the year that Shelvia Smith 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 1925, by the time this person was 21 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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