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Katharine Dreher 1906 - 1990

Katharine Dreher was born on September 12, 1906, and died at age 84 years old on September 27, 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Katharine Dreher.
Katharine Dreher
September 12, 1906
September 27, 1990
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  • 09/12
    1906

    Birthday

    September 12, 1906
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  • 09/27
    1990

    Death

    September 27, 1990
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    Unknown
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    Katharine Dreher lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1906, in the year that Katharine Dreher 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 1952, at the age of 46 years old, Katharine was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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