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Ward J Becksted 1914 - 2006

Ward J Becksted of Tucson, Pima County, AZ was born on December 19, 1914, and died at age 91 years old on December 16, 2006.
Ward J Becksted
Tucson, Pima County, AZ 85711
December 19, 1914
December 16, 2006
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  • 12/19
    1914

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    December 19, 1914
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  • 12/16
    2006

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    December 16, 2006
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    Ward J Becksted lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1914, in the year that Ward J Becksted 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 1941, at the age of 27 years old, Ward was alive when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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