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Retta Givens 1898 - 1968

Retta Givens of Natchez, Adams County, MS was born on February 28, 1898, and died at age 70 years old on March 15, 1968.
Retta Givens
Natchez, Adams County, MS 39120
February 28, 1898
March 15, 1968
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Retta Givens' History: 1898 - 1968

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  • 02/28
    1898

    Birthday

    February 28, 1898
    Birthdate
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  • 03/15
    1968

    Death

    March 15, 1968
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    Cause of death
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    Retta Givens lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1898, in the year that Retta Givens was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1916, she was 18 years old when 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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