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Vera Backey 1911 - 1969

Vera Backey of Archbald, Lackawanna County, PA was born on September 16, 1911, and died at age 57 years old in April 1969.
Vera Backey
Archbald, Lackawanna County, PA 18403
September 16, 1911
April 1969
Female
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    1911

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    September 16, 1911
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  • 04/dd
    1969

    Death

    April 1969
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    Vera Backey lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.
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In 1911, in the year that Vera Backey was born, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, along with four fellow Norwegian explorers. After hearing that Peary had beaten him to the North Pole, Amundsen decided to tackle the South Pole. On December 14th, he succeeded.
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In 1925, at the age of just 14 years old, Vera was alive when 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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