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Catherine Markovitch 1919 - 2003

Catherine Markovitch of Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA was born on July 1, 1919, and died at age 83 years old on January 1, 2003.
Catherine Markovitch
Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA 18501
July 1, 1919
January 1, 2003
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Catherine Markovitch's History: 1919 - 2003

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  • 07/1
    1919

    Birthday

    July 1, 1919
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  • 01/1
    2003

    Death

    January 1, 2003
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    Catherine Markovitch lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1919, in the year that Catherine Markovitch was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1941, she was 22 years old when 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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