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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) 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.
Oct 29, 2009 · Jeannette Rankin was a Montana politician who made history in 1916 as the first woman ever elected to the United States Congress. She was also the only member of Congress to cast a vote...
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Apr 5, 2024 · Jeannette Rankin (born June 11, 1880, near Missoula, Montana, U.S.—died May 18, 1973, Carmel, California) was the first woman member of the U.S. Congress (1917–19, 1941–43), a vigorous feminist and a lifetime pacifist and crusader for social and electoral reform. Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902.
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Nov 16, 2009 · On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the first woman in the history of the nation to win a seat in the federal...
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November 5, 1918. No history of American representative government could properly be written without a major reference to Representative Jeannette Rankin. The Montana Republican carries the distinction of being the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. That singular event occurred in 1916.
Apr 2, 2014 · Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to elected to the U.S. Congress. She helped pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, and was a committed pacifist. Updated: Apr 19, 2021....
Aug 12, 2020 · Jeannette Rankin is the first woman to serve in the United States Congress. She is instrumental in bringing women the vote, and is now strongly associated with being anti-war and a pacifist....
