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Sherrill W Benson 1916 - 2003

Sherrill W Benson of Glen Rose, Somervell County, TX was born on September 1, 1916, and died at age 86 years old on January 22, 2003.
Sherrill W Benson
Glen Rose, Somervell County, TX 76043
September 1, 1916
January 22, 2003
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Sherrill W Benson's History: 1916 - 2003

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  • 09/1
    1916

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    September 1, 1916
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  • 01/22
    2003

    Death

    January 22, 2003
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    Sherrill W Benson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1916, in the year that Sherrill W Benson 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 1925, when she was just 9 years old, 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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