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Sophia Sheffer 1900 - 1988

Sophia Sheffer of Ebensburg, Cambria County, PA was born on May 15, 1900, and died at age 87 years old on January 6, 1988.
Sophia Sheffer
Ebensburg, Cambria County, PA 15931
May 15, 1900
January 6, 1988
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Sophia Sheffer's History: 1900 - 1988

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  • 05/15
    1900

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    May 15, 1900
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  • 01/6
    1988

    Death

    January 6, 1988
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    Sophia Sheffer lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1900, in the year that Sophia Sheffer was born, Carrie Chapman Catt succeeded Susan B. Anthony as the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. NAWSA was created by Anthony in 1890 in order to fight for the right of women to vote in the United States. Membership in NAWSA began at 7,000 and in the decades of the struggle - women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 - membership rose to 2 million.
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In 1934, at the age of 34 years old, Sophia was alive when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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