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Edna Matthews 1906 - 1979

Edna Matthews of Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia was born on June 12, 1906, and died at age 73 years old in November 1979.
Edna Matthews
Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia 20001
June 12, 1906
November 1979
Female
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Edna Matthews' History: 1906 - 1979

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  • 06/12
    1906

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    June 12, 1906
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  • 11/dd
    1979

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    November 1979
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    Edna Matthews lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1906, in the year that Edna Matthews was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1917, she was just 11 years old when it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
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