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Ritta Webb 1873 - 1966

Ritta Webb of Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina was born on May 7, 1873, and died at age 93 years old in October 1966.
Ritta Webb
Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina 28675
May 7, 1873
October 1966
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Ritta Webb's History: 1873 - 1966

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  • 05/7
    1873

    Birthday

    May 7, 1873
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  • 10/dd
    1966

    Death

    October 1966
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    Ritta Webb lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1873, in the year that Ritta Webb was born, on March 3rd, the U.S. Congress enacted the Comstock Law. The law made it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" material through the U.S. mail. This included erotica, contraceptives, sex toys, abortifacients, information about these items, and "personal letters alluding to any sexual content or information".
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In 1888, at the age of merely 15 years old, Ritta was alive when on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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