When Ethel May BENEFIELD was born on 3 April 1889, in Kingman, Kansas, United States, her father, Rev. Theodore Siphen Benefiel Sr, was 61 and her mother, Miranda Jane Tuggle, was 40. She married Bernard Hunt Wiles about 1917, in Labette, Kansas, United States. She lived in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States for about 25 years and Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 24 February 1975, in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
English (Kent): variant of Benfield .
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