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Ruth Roxburgh 1909 - 1998

Ruth Roxburgh of Tyler, Smith County, TX was born on February 1, 1909, and died at age 89 years old on February 1, 1998.
Ruth Roxburgh
Tyler, Smith County, TX 75701
February 1, 1909
February 1, 1998
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    1909

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    February 1, 1909
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  • 02/1
    1998

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    February 1, 1998
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    Ruth Roxburgh lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1909, in the year that Ruth Roxburgh was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1941, Ruth was 32 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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