When Ruth Edmonds Joy was born on 30 December 1895, in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Stephen French Joy, was 24 and her mother, Grace Willard Edmands, was 26. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Augustine Haugland. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Tacoma Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 11 November 1966, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, 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.
The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office.
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: from Joie, a French female personal name or occasionally from its male equivalent, given especially since the Reformation as an omen or well-wishing name. In some cases the name may also be a nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition, from Middle English joie ‘joy’.
History: Thomas Joy (c. 1610–78), an architect and builder born probably in Hingham, Norfolk, England, appears in land records in Boston, MA, in 1636. He had a considerable influence on Boston architecture.
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