When Wilhelmina Alijune VanderBurg was born on 3 December 1893, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Christiaan Wilhelm van der Burg, was 37 and her mother, Catharine Philippina Helena van de Siepkamp, was 30. She married Johannes Steenhagen on 14 June 1917, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Plainfield Charter Township, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 12 January 1976, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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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.
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
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.
Dutch (Van der Burg): variant of Vandenburg .
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