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Bernadine Atherton 1914 - 1983

Bernadine Atherton of Brady, McCulloch County, Texas was born on January 5, 1914 in Goldthwaite to James Whiteman and Effie Meserole Whiteman. She had siblings Elizabeth Whiteman Walker and Juana Lee Whiteman Willilamson. She married Leonard C. Atherton, and had children James Charles Atherton and Jerry Leonard Atherton. Bernadine Atherton died at age 69 years old in September 1983, and was buried at Rest Haven Cemetery in Brady.

Bernadine Atherton

Brady, McCulloch County, Texas 76825

January 5, 1914

Goldthwaite, Texas, United States

September 1983

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January 5, 1914

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Goldthwaite, Texas United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Caucasian
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United States
Early Life & Education

Texas Womens University
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Christian
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Womens Army Corps - WWII
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1983

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September 1983

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Rest Haven Cemetery in Brady, Texas 76825, United States
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Bernadine Atherton lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.

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In 1914, in the year that Bernadine Atherton 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, Bernadine 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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