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Notable Women Who Died in 2005

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August 2005 Obituaries

August 30 - Florence Reeves

When Florence Reeves died in 2005, she was called "the oldest person in England" (although there were two women who survived her who were slightly older). She had been a British suffrage activist in her youth and worked in the war effort in World War I.

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