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Margaret J Jessen 1914 - 2006

Margaret J Jessen of Mount Holly, Gaston County, NC was born on November 1, 1914, and died at age 92 years old on November 29, 2006.
Margaret J Jessen
Mount Holly, Gaston County, NC 28120
November 1, 1914
November 29, 2006
Female
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    2006

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    November 29, 2006
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    Margaret J Jessen lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1914, in the year that Margaret J Jessen was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1940, she was 26 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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