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Willis Edwards 1916 - 1973

Willis Edwards of Delano, Kern County, California was born on December 1, 1916, and died at age 56 years old in October 1973.
Willis Edwards
Delano, Kern County, California 93215
December 1, 1916
October 1973
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  • 12/1
    1916

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    December 1, 1916
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  • 10/dd
    1973

    Death

    October 1973
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    Willis Edwards lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.
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In 1916, in the year that Willis Edwards 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 1934, Willis was 18 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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