Ruth H. Blodgett

Brief Life History of Ruth H.

When Ruth H. Blodgett was born on 26 December 1920, in Ohio, United States, her father, Lee Clifford Blodgett, was 39 and her mother, Harriet Louisa Rodd, was 41. She lived in West View, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Olmsted Falls, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 2 years. She died on 4 November 2009, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88.

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Carl Kenneth Sprague
1919–1993
Ruth H. Blodgett
1920–2009

Sources (10)

  • Ruth Blodgett in household of Lee Blodgett, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ruth Sprague, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Ruth Sprague in entry for Harriet L Rodd Blodgett, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

English: unexplained. This surname is no longer found in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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