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Bessie Ragona 1910 - 2002

Bessie Ragona of Solon, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on May 16, 1910, and died at age 92 years old on September 4, 2002.

Bessie Ragona
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Solon, Cuyahoga County, OH 44139
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May 16, 1910
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In 1910, in the year that Bessie Ragona was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1921, when she was just 11 years old, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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Ragona, Lillian (May 8, 1922 - May 13, 2003) Ragona, Francesca (Nov 17, 1911 - Mar 6, 1993) Ragona, Filomena (Dec 15, 1899 - Feb 1987) Ragona, James (Dec 8, 1918 - Jan 24, 2003) Ragona, Catherine (May 28, 1916 - Nov 29, 2007) Ragona, Ann (Feb 22, 1917 - Oct 7, 2006) Ragona, Thomas (Jan 20, 1918 - Mar 28, 2009) Ragona, Mary (Mar 12, 1889 - Dec 1964) Ragona, Thomas (Jan 27, 1914 - Jan 1, 2004) Ragona, Blanche (Mar 28, 1917 - Nov 15, 2008)
Ragona, Alphonse (Feb 20, 1919 - Nov 30, 2001) Ragona, Nicola (Mar 11, 1893 - Jan 1971) Ragona, Mary (Jul 10, 1920 - Dec 14, 1987) Ragona, Louis (Nov 13, 1889 - Mar 1971) Ragona, Margaret (Nov 4, 1921 - May 18, 2009) Ragona, Frances (Sep 14, 1907 - Mar 11, 1992) Ragona, Joseph (Mar 19, 1924 - May 10, 1989) Ragona, Elizabeth (Sep 30, 1901 - Aug 18, 1988) Ragona, Angelo (Mar 25, 1895 - Dec 1981) Ragona, Angelo (Jul 26, 1920 - Aug 28, 1996)
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