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Orvetta Shaw 1898 - 1979

Orvetta Shaw was born on January 14, 1898, and died at age 81 years old in February 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Orvetta Shaw.
Orvetta Shaw
January 14, 1898
February 1979
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Orvetta Shaw's History: 1898 - 1979

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  • 01/14
    1898

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    January 14, 1898
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  • 02/dd
    1979

    Death

    February 1979
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    Orvetta Shaw lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1898, in the year that Orvetta Shaw was born, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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In 1906, this person was merely 8 years old when author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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