When Laura Mae Hawn was born in 1914, in Oklahoma, United States, her father, George McCullen Hawn, was 34 and her mother, Frances E McNeill, was 44. She married Louis Cleo Wilson on 14 February 1938, in Orange, California, United States. She lived in Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States in 1930.
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A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
Supreme Court case McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents School ruled that public institutions of higher learning could not discriminate due to race.
Altered form of Dutch Haan .
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