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Bess Cohen 1897 - 1979

Bess Cohen of New York, New York County, NY was born on September 15, 1897, and died at age 82 years old in November 1979.
Bess Cohen
New York, New York County, NY 10021
September 15, 1897
November 1979
Female
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Bess Cohen's History: 1897 - 1979

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  • 09/15
    1897

    Birthday

    September 15, 1897
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  • 11/dd
    1979

    Death

    November 1979
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bess Cohen lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1897, in the year that Bess Cohen was born, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.
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In 1905, at the age of just 8 years old, Bess was alive when the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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