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Wendell Altes 1916 - 1985

Wendell Altes of Runnells, Polk County, Iowa was born on March 30, 1916, and died at age 69 years old in November 1985.
Wendell Altes
Runnells, Polk County, Iowa 50237
March 30, 1916
November 1985
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    1916

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    March 30, 1916
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  • 11/dd
    1985

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    November 1985
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    Wendell Altes lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1916, in the year that Wendell Altes was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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In 1931, at the age of just 15 years old, Wendell was alive when in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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