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Ruth B Swiggard 1905 - 1996

Ruth B Swiggard of Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD was born on July 31, 1905, and died at age 91 years old on October 12, 1996.
Ruth B Swiggard
Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD 20902
July 31, 1905
October 12, 1996
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Ruth B Swiggard's History: 1905 - 1996

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  • 07/31
    1905

    Birthday

    July 31, 1905
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  • 10/12
    1996

    Death

    October 12, 1996
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    Ruth B Swiggard lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1905, in the year that Ruth B Swiggard 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 1916, at the age of merely 11 years old, Ruth was alive when the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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