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Bessie Matthews 1900 - 1974

Bessie Matthews of East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana was born on January 26, 1900, and died at age 74 years old in March 1974.
Bessie Matthews
East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana 46312
January 26, 1900
March 1974
Female
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Bessie Matthews' History: 1900 - 1974

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    1900

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    January 26, 1900
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  • 03/dd
    1974

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    March 1974
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    Bessie Matthews lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1900, in the year that Bessie Matthews was born, Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
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In 1926, she was 26 years old when on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.
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