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Melba Wanjura 1916 - 2005

Melba Wanjura of Cuero, De Witt County, TX was born on July 8, 1916, and died at age 89 years old on September 23, 2005.

Melba Wanjura
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Cuero, De Witt County, TX 77954
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July 8, 1916
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Updated: November 7, 2011
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Melba Wanjura Melba Wanjura (1916 - 2005)
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In 1916, in the year that Melba Wanjura was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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In 1921, when she was just 5 years old, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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Wanjura, Agnes (Aug 28, 1913 - Sep 20, 2005) Wanjura, Helen (Feb 8, 1907 - Aug 28, 2005) Wanjura, Edgar (Nov 12, 1921 - Jan 1975) Wanjura, Alma (Jul 5, 1908 - Oct 1976) Wanjura, Martha (Nov 18, 1930 - Feb 12, 1997) Wanjura, Charlie (Nov 2, 1918 - Feb 21, 2006) Wanjura, Joe (Oct 26, 1913 - Dec 12, 1995) Wanjura, Alvin (May 8, 1923 - Jan 21, 2004) Wanjura, Otis (Oct 3, 1946 - Feb 1981) Wanjura, Richard (Nov 13, 1896 - Apr 1978)
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