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Essie Murphy 1906 - 1979

Essie Murphy of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama was born on September 17, 1906, and died at age 72 years old in May 1979.
Essie Murphy
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama 36104
September 17, 1906
May 1979
Female
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Essie Murphy's History: 1906 - 1979

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    1906

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    September 17, 1906
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  • 05/dd
    1979

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    May 1979
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In 1906, in the year that Essie Murphy 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 1929, at the age of 23 years old, Essie was alive when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.
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