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Edith Lea Roach 1918 - 2008

Edith Lea Roach of Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico was born on November 16, 1918, and died at age 89 years old on January 20, 2008.
Edith Lea Roach
Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico 88310
November 16, 1918
January 20, 2008
Female
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  • 11/16
    1918

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    November 16, 1918
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  • 01/20
    2008

    Death

    January 20, 2008
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    Edith Lea Roach lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1918, in the year that Edith Lea Roach was born, following European countries, Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States in March. It was an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. This was a war effort and proved unpopular so in most areas of the United States, Daylight Saving Time ended after World War I. It returned during World War II.
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In 1925, she was just 7 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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