Jeannette Rankin
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940.
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Rankin as a Representative from Montana
Jeannette Rankin Republican ticket circa 1917.
Jeannette Rankin speaking from the balcony of the National American Woman Suffrage Association on April 2, 1917 - the same day that President Wilson declared, "The world has to be made safe for democracy."
Rankin arguing against the fortification of Guam before the House Naval Affairs Committee in 1939
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Rankin in 1973
Rankin's monument in the National Statuary Hall, Washington, D.C., by Terry Mimnaugh (1985)Awards 3
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.
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