When Marie Southard was born on 22 May 1913, in Independence, Arkansas, United States, her father, John Nathaniel Southard, was 40 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Garrison, was 43. She married Ralph William Magness on 11 October 1929, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Newark, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Obion, Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 9 November 2003, in Union City, Obion, Tennessee, 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.
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
English (Devon and Somerset): variant of Southwood .
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