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Ruth Gilman 1911 - 1984

Ruth Gilman of Urbandale, Polk County, Iowa was born on August 15, 1911, and died at age 73 years old in October 1984.
Ruth Gilman
Urbandale, Polk County, Iowa 50322
August 15, 1911
October 1984
Female
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Ruth Gilman's History: 1911 - 1984

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    1911

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    August 15, 1911
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  • 10/dd
    1984

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    October 1984
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    Ruth Gilman lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1911, in the year that Ruth Gilman was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1920, by the time she was just 9 years old, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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