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Rosena Simmons 1916 - 1987

Rosena Simmons of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia was born on August 14, 1916, and died at age 71 years old in September 1987.
Rosena Simmons
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia 31401
August 14, 1916
September 1987
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Rosena Simmons' History: 1916 - 1987

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  • 08/14
    1916

    Birthday

    August 14, 1916
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  • 09/dd
    1987

    Death

    September 1987
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    Rosena Simmons lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1916, in the year that Rosena Simmons was born, 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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In 1941, when she was 25 years old, 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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