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Elenore Benya 1904 - 1978

Elenore Benya of Fremont, Alameda County, California was born on February 25, 1904, and died at age 74 years old in June 1978.
Elenore Benya
Fremont, Alameda County, California 94536
February 25, 1904
June 1978
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Elenore Benya's History: 1904 - 1978

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    1904

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    February 25, 1904
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  • 06/dd
    1978

    Death

    June 1978
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    Elenore Benya lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1904, in the year that Elenore Benya was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1919, at the age of only 15 years old, Elenore was alive when Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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