Winifred Ethel Genevieve; aka Peggy, was born to Edward and Emma Monahan June 20th, 1920. She was raised in River Rouge, MI. Her lineage traces back to both Germany & Ireland. She was Lutheran. She married Bert Swihart October 19th, 1940. They were married for 50 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, and son Donald. She was a mother of 9 children, 6 boys, and 3 girls. She was a Homemaker. She is survived by her children, and 20 grandchildren.

Life when she was born:

• Woodrow Wilson was president. – After the President suffered a severe stroke in 1919 however, his wife Edith took over. She pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson's second term.
• First radio broadcasts, by KDKA in Pittsburgh and WWJ in Detroit
• National Football League is formed
• Economy collapses- Depression of 1920-1921 begins (prior to Great Depression).
• The KKK terrorized the U.S. in 1920.
• The Harlem Renaissance began around this time, through the 1930s. During this time, many African-Americans migrated from the South to Northern cities, seeking economic and creative opportunities.
• The Constitution was amended twice in 1920.
• The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited alcohol in the United States. Quoted as being "the most openly ignored regulation in American history".
• The Nineteenth Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote.
• Charles Ponzi came up with a sales scheme in 1920.
• Agatha Christie modernized mystery novels in 1920. Her debut novel is released this year "Mysterious Affair at Styles". Other literary favorites such as "The Age of Innocence", and "The Story of Dr. Doolittle" are published.
• Babe Ruth's first season with the New York Yankees in 1920, he had already broken his own single-season home run record of 29 and was on his way to shattering a dozen other statistical marks. In 1920, the Sultan of Swat stormed past nearly every power-hitting record that baseball writers could dig up — and even a few that hadn't been invented yet.
• In 1920, former pitcher and Chicago American Giants owner Andrew "Rube" Foster persuaded the owners of seven other Black teams to form the Negro National League, specifically to expand opportunities for players and control their own finances. Other Black leagues followed the NNL's lead, producing stars like Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Willie Mays, and Jackie Robinson, all of whom went on to crush it in the major leagues.
• The 1920s was the first decade to have a nickname: "Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon coats, bathtub gin, flappers, flagpole sitters, bootleggers, and marathon dancers.
• American writer Johnny Gruelle was far ahead of the times and filed for a patent, he introduced Raggedy Andy in 1920 with the Raggedy Andy Stories which introduced Raggedy Ann to Raggedy Andy.
• "The Flapper" was the look! 1920s dress with a dropped waist and creeping hemlines that could be created in economical fabrics. Coco Chanel helped popularize this style
• "Something to Think About" popular in cinema - By 1920 there were approximately 15,000 movie theaters in the United States.