When Ernest Leo Sawin was born on 8 April 1889, in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Gardner Sawin, was 34 and his mother, Hattie Augusta Fenno, was 31. He married Irena Olga Johnson on 21 April 1909. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 17 November 1941, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, 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.
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
English: from the Middle English personal name Sawin, Sewin (Old English Sǣwine, from sǣ ‘sea’ + wine ‘friend’; compare Sainsbury ). This surname is now rare in Britain.
History: The name was brought to Watertown, MA, by John Sawin (born c. 1620 in Boxford, Suffolk, England).
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