When Minnie Olive Maine was born on 28 May 1892, in New Virginia, Warren, Iowa, United States, her father, Luther John Maine, was 47 and her mother, Mariah Susannah Harsh, was 33. She married Renn Carson Winter on 2 September 1915, in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rural, Clarke, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Washington Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died in July 1980, in Clarke, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
English: variant of Main .
French: topographic name from Old French maine ‘dwelling, residence, abode’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places so named.
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