♀ Mary Ellen Gristy

1868 - 1904

Mary Ellen Gristy
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Walter Arthur Johnson
Walter Arthur Johnson
1867 - 1929
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1868


May 11
1868 • The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted, including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, legally, if not actually, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and equal protection and all persons in the United States due process of law.

1897


May 18
Age: 29y
1897 Dos Equis is first brewed in anticipation of new century.

1899


Age: 30y

birth of child


Charles Arthur Johnson
1899 • The Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority is founded in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

1901


Age: 32y
1901 Scotland Yard creates a fingerprint archive.

1901


Age: 32y

birth of child


Vesta Helen Johnson
1901 • The 1,282 foot (390 m) covered bridge crossing the St. John River at Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada opens. It is the longest covered bridge in the world.

1904


Mar 6
Age: 35y
1904 Alpha Gamma Delta, now an international women's fraternity, is founded by 11 women at Syracuse University.

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