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Violet Peterson 1910 - 1997

Violet Peterson of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO was born on January 18, 1910, and died at age 87 years old on March 29, 1997.
Violet Peterson
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO 63121
January 18, 1910
March 29, 1997
Female
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  • 01/18
    1910

    Birthday

    January 18, 1910
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  • 03/29
    1997

    Death

    March 29, 1997
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    Violet Peterson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1910, in the year that Violet Peterson was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1920, she was only 10 years old when speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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