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Marsha Gallagher is a human born in the early months of 1947. The sex at birth is presumed to be female.
What's the history of this record on The Population Project?
This record was created on September 26, 2023 on The Population Project. It hasn't been edited since then.
The Context
What was the context in the United States of America in 1947?
The Truman Doctrine was announced, pledging U.S. support to countries threatened by communism, marking the start of the Cold War's containment policy. The National Security Act of 1947 was enacted, creating the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the National Security Council (NSC), reorganizing the U.S. military and intelligence communities for the Cold War era. Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, a landmark event in the civil rights movement.
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