When Esther Ellen Sparhawk was born on 11 June 1907, in King, Washington, United States, her father, Lafayette Fremont Sparhawk, was 43 and her mother, Bertha Emily Whipp, was 30. She married Edgar Earl Wood on 26 May 1931, in Clark, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Trout Lake Election Precinct, Klickitat, Washington, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 3 September 1986, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Manor Wilson Bridge Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States.
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On November 8, 1910, Washington became the first state to allow women to vote. This event would lead to the long battle by women in all the states to fight for the right to vote. This would happen 10 years later.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
English: from Middle English sparhauk ‘sparrowhawk’, used either as a personal name or as a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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