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Sylvia Pelson 1919 - 2003

Sylvia Pelson of Allentown, Lehigh County, PA was born on February 1, 1919, and died at age 84 years old on November 16, 2003.
Sylvia Pelson
Allentown, Lehigh County, PA 18102
February 1, 1919
November 16, 2003
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  • 02/1
    1919

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    February 1, 1919
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  • 11/16
    2003

    Death

    November 16, 2003
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    Sylvia Pelson lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1919, in the year that Sylvia Pelson was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1933, at the age of only 14 years old, Sylvia was alive when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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