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Viola A Karras 1914 - 1995

Viola A Karras was born on April 22, 1914, and died at age 81 years old on August 24, 1995.
Viola A Karras
zip code 92635
April 22, 1914
August 24, 1995
Female
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  • 04/22
    1914

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    April 22, 1914
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  • 08/24
    1995

    Death

    August 24, 1995
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    Viola A Karras lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1914, in the year that Viola A Karras was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1922, at the age of only 8 years old, Viola was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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