When Martha E. Seeley was born in February 1888, in Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Frank Eugene Seeley, was 33 and her mother, Leonora May Bierce, was 27. She had at least 3 sons with Clive Ellis Cutsforth. She died on 28 December 1958, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Wyocena, Columbia, Wisconsin, 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.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
English: nickname for a person with a cheerful disposition, from Middle English seli ‘happy, fortunate’ (Old English sǣlig, from sǣl ‘happiness, good fortune’). The word was also occasionally used as a female personal name during the Middle Ages. The sense ‘pitiable’, which developed into modern English silly, is not attested before the 15th century. See also Selman .
Altered form of German Seele , respelled to preserve the bisyllabic pronunciation of the German name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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