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Roberta Witherspoon Dicks 1906 - 2007

Roberta Witherspoon Dicks of Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina was born on January 14, 1906, and died at age 101 years old on April 30, 2007.
Roberta Witherspoon Dicks
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina 29150
January 14, 1906
April 30, 2007
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Roberta Witherspoon Dicks' History: 1906 - 2007

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  • 01/14
    1906

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    January 14, 1906
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  • 04/30
    2007

    Death

    April 30, 2007
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    Roberta Witherspoon Dicks lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 101.
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In 1906, in the year that Roberta Witherspoon Dicks was born, 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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In 1931, when she was 25 years old, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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