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Ruth Wurz 1901 - 1987

Ruth Wurz of Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA was born on July 24, 1901, and died at age 86 years old in October 1987.

Ruth Wurz
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Portsmouth, Portsmouth City County, VA 23703
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July 24, 1901
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October 1987
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In 1901, in the year that Ruth Wurz was born, Teddy Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. TR, as he was known, had been Vice-President for 6 months when President William McKinley was assassinated. At age 42, he became the youngest President to serve although John Kennedy, at age 43, was the youngest President elected. He was a popular progressive and was elected to a second term in 1904 as a Republican, winning 56.4% of the popular vote and 336 electoral votes.
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In 1925, at the age of 24 years old, Ruth was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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