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William Beenk 1904 - 1982

William Beenk of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on October 14, 1904 in Manhattan County, NY, and died at age 77 years old in January 1982.
William Beenk
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19130
October 14, 1904
Manhattan County, NY
January 1982
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  • 10/14
    1904

    Birthday

    October 14, 1904
    Birthdate
    Manhattan County, NY
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  • 01/dd
    1982

    Death

    January 1982
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    William Beenk lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1904, in the year that William Beenk was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1916, when he was merely 12 years old, 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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