Jeannette Rankin
U.S. Congressperson
1880 – 1973
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Who was Jeannette Rankin?
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was the first woman in the United States Congress, elected in Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. After being elected in 1916 she said, "I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last."
A lifelong pacifist, she was one of fifty members of Congress who voted against entry into World War I in 1917, and the only member of Congress who voted against declaring war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Famous Quotes:
- You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
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- Born
- Jun 11, 1880
Missoula - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Washington
- University of Montana - Missoula
- Lived in
- Missoula
- Died
- May 18, 1973
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on July 23, 2013
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