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Betty Shames 1919 - 2002

Betty Shames of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on January 28, 1919, and died at age 83 years old on September 16, 2002.

Betty Shames

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19152

January 28, 1919

September 16, 2002

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1919

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January 28, 1919

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09/16

2002

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September 16, 2002

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In 1919, in the year that Betty Shames was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.

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In 1941, by the time she was 22 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.

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