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Ruth Blakemore 1922 - 1986

Ruth Blakemore of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on August 26, 1922, and died at age 63 years old in January 1986.
Ruth Blakemore
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60628
August 26, 1922
January 1986
Female
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Ruth Blakemore's History: 1922 - 1986

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  • 08/26
    1922

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    August 26, 1922
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  • 01/dd
    1986

    Death

    January 1986
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    Ruth Blakemore lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1922, in the year that Ruth Blakemore was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1943, she was 21 years old when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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