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Bernadine Ely 1906 - 1976

Bernadine Ely of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on May 14, 1906, and died at age 70 years old in September 1976.
Bernadine Ely
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50315
May 14, 1906
September 1976
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Bernadine Ely's History: 1906 - 1976

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  • 05/14
    1906

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    May 14, 1906
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  • 09/dd
    1976

    Death

    September 1976
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    Bernadine Ely lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1906, in the year that Bernadine Ely was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1921, by the time she was only 15 years old, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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