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Orelia Bell 1916 - 1987

Orelia Bell of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on May 13, 1916, and died at age 71 years old in November 1987.
Orelia Bell
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana 70118
May 13, 1916
November 1987
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Orelia Bell's History: 1916 - 1987

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  • 05/13
    1916

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    May 13, 1916
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  • 11/dd
    1987

    Death

    November 1987
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    Orelia Bell lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1916, in the year that Orelia Bell 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 1925, by the time this person was only 9 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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