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Leita Poteete 1912 - 2005

Leita Poteete of Chicopee, Hampden County, MA was born on April 26, 1912, and died at age 93 years old on May 14, 2005.
Leita Poteete
Chicopee, Hampden County, MA 01022
April 26, 1912
May 14, 2005
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Leita Poteete's History: 1912 - 2005

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  • 04/26
    1912

    Birthday

    April 26, 1912
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  • 05/14
    2005

    Death

    May 14, 2005
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    Leita Poteete lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1912, in the year that Leita Poteete was born, the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
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In 1925, by the time this person was only 13 years old, 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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