When Anna Shear was born on 13 May 1887, in Holmes, Ohio, United States, her father, John Shear, was 33 and her mother, Celestia Elizabeth Kline, was 19. She married Alvin Tobias Kolb on 22 October 1906, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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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.
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
English: nickname for a beautiful or radiant person, or one with fair hair, from Middle English scher, schir ‘bright, fair’ (Old English scǣre, scīr). In addition, the name may be a habitational name from Shere (Surrey), named from the word above.
Possibly an altered form of German Schier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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