When Lola Keya Wakeman was born on 19 November 1890, in Springview, Keya Paha, Nebraska, United States, her father, Charles Francis Wakeman, was 39 and her mother, Ida May Jones, was 32. She married Ivan Grant Bain on 17 April 1911, in Springview, Keya Paha, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Gregory, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Gregory, Gregory, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 August 1986, in Lakeland, Livingston, Michigan, United States, at the age of 95.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1904: Gregory, South Dakota, United States
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: occupational name from Middle English wakeman ‘watchman, town guard’, also ‘municipal officer responsible for night-time security and the town musicians’. Wakeman was the title of the chief magistrate of the borough of Ripon until 1604, when it was changed to mayor. He was the head of the body of wakemen whose duty was to blow a cow's horn every night at nine o'clock. If between then and sunrise any burglary took place, it was made good at the public charge. See also Watchman .
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