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Ruth Fails 1916 - 2001

Ruth Fails of Dayton, Montgomery County, OH was born on August 3, 1916, and died at age 84 years old on July 9, 2001.
Ruth Fails
Dayton, Montgomery County, OH 45406
August 3, 1916
July 9, 2001
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  • 08/3
    1916

    Birthday

    August 3, 1916
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  • 07/9
    2001

    Death

    July 9, 2001
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    Ruth Fails lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1916, in the year that Ruth Fails 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 1935, she was 19 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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