America 1950-1959: Lifestyles and Social Trends Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 65 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.

America 1950-1959: Lifestyles and Social Trends Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 65 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1950-1959.
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Jimmy (James Crawford) Angel, 57, soldier of fortune and gold prospector who discovered Angel Falls (world's highest waterfall) in Venezuela in 1929, 8 December 1956.

Lolita Sheldon Armour, 83, widow of meat packer J. Ogden Armour, Chicago society leader, 6 February 1953.

Judge George A. Batlett, 82, Reno judge who granted more than twenty thousand divorces, 1 June 1951.

Raymond Benjamin, 79, confidant of former president Herbert Hoover, grand exalted ruler of the Elks (1914-1915), 18 June 1952.

Oscar H. Bentson, 76, founder of Agriculture Department 4-H Clubs for farm youth, former director of Boy Scouts' Rural Scouting Service, 15 August 1951.

Dr. James Bernstein, 84, New York doctor who headed the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, 1932-1942, which helped refugees from Germany resettle in the United States, 28 June 1959.

Edna Blue, 49, a founder and international chairman of the Foster Parents' Plan for War Children, 24 March 1951.

William Bodine, 71, Philadelphia civic leader, 8 September 1959.

John Boettiger, 50, former son-in-law of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 31 October 1950.

Owen E. Brennan, 45, New...

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