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Virginia Hix 1911 - 1983

Virginia Hix of Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois was born on March 10, 1911, and died at age 72 years old in March 1983.
Virginia Hix
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois 61401
March 10, 1911
March 1983
Female
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Virginia Hix's History: 1911 - 1983

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    1911

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    March 10, 1911
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  • 03/dd
    1983

    Death

    March 1983
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    Virginia Hix lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1911, in the year that Virginia Hix was born, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.
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In 1927, she was 16 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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