When Mildred Elizabeth Hanson was born on 27 July 1913, in Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States, her father, Richard Harvey Hanson, was 23 and her mother, Helen May Collins, was 24. She married Edward Elmer Brittan on 27 November 1932, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Moran, Streetsboro, Portage, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 31 December 2003, in Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90.
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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.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): from the Middle English personal name Hann or Hand + son; see Hand 5.
Irish: variant of Hampson .
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Hansson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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