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Rosa Benson 1905 - 1985

Rosa Benson of Spencer, Marathon County, Wisconsin was born on September 25, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in April 1985.
Rosa Benson
Spencer, Marathon County, Wisconsin 54479
September 25, 1905
April 1985
Female
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Rosa Benson's History: 1905 - 1985

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  • 09/25
    1905

    Birthday

    September 25, 1905
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  • 04/dd
    1985

    Death

    April 1985
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    Rosa Benson lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1905, in the year that Rosa Benson was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1941, Rosa was 36 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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