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Bess Poindexter 1892 - 1978

Bess Poindexter of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas was born on December 26, 1892, and died at age 85 years old in February 1978.
Bess Poindexter
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas 66106
December 26, 1892
February 1978
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Bess Poindexter's History: 1892 - 1978

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  • 12/26
    1892

    Birthday

    December 26, 1892
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  • 02/dd
    1978

    Death

    February 1978
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    Cause of death
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    Bess Poindexter lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1892, in the year that Bess Poindexter was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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In 1914, she was 22 years old when 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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