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Martha M Benes 1910 - 1994

Martha M Benes of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY was born on November 3, 1910, and died at age 83 years old on February 21, 1994.
Martha M Benes
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, NY 12601
November 3, 1910
February 21, 1994
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Martha M Benes' History: 1910 - 1994

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  • 11/3
    1910

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    November 3, 1910
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  • 02/21
    1994

    Death

    February 21, 1994
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    Martha M Benes lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1910, in the year that Martha M Benes was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1942, she was 32 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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