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Ruta Shaw 1916 - 1974

Ruta Shaw was born on November 28, 1916, and died at age 57 years old in March 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruta Shaw.
Ruta Shaw
November 28, 1916
March 1974
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Ruta Shaw's History: 1916 - 1974

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  • 11/28
    1916

    Birthday

    November 28, 1916
    Birthdate
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  • 03/dd
    1974

    Death

    March 1974
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ruta Shaw lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.
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In 1916, in the year that Ruta Shaw was born, visiting nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. at 46 Amboy St. in Brooklyn New York. Ten days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested for "violating laws against giving out birth control information" which was defined as obscenity. The clinic was not handing out birth control - just information about sex and birth control methods. (The Comstock law categorized information about abortion, family planning, and contraception as “obscene”.) The clinics and organizations that Sanger established later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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In 1920, she was only 4 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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