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Leitha Ford 1896 - 1986

Leitha Ford of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on February 10, 1896, and died at age 89 years old in January 1986.
Leitha Ford
Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14222
February 10, 1896
January 1986
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Leitha Ford's History: 1896 - 1986

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  • 02/10
    1896

    Birthday

    February 10, 1896
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  • 01/dd
    1986

    Death

    January 1986
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    Leitha Ford lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1896, in the year that Leitha Ford was born, on May 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. By a vote of 7 to 1, the Court upheld state racial segregation laws, introducing the idea of "separate but equal" facilities for races.
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In 1904, at the age of merely 8 years old, Leitha was alive when 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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