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...
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occurred following the drought in 1919. As World War I broke out, Jeannette Rankin, representative of Montana and the first woman in the United States...
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Jeannette Rankin is a bronze sculpture depicting the American politician and women's rights advocate of the same name by Terry Mimnaugh, installed in the...
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declaration at 4:10 p.m the same day. The first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin, a Montana Republican and outspoken pacifist, cast the only vote against...
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A Single Woman (film) (category Jeannette Rankin)
Jeanmarie Simpson portrays the character of Jeannette Rankin, beginning in 1972 and moving backwards in time to Rankin's childhood in 1880s Montana. Experiencing...
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Notable residents include the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin. Archaeological artifacts date the earliest inhabitants of the Missoula...
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United States Congress, since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Congress. In total, 376 women have...
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as Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), led to success in 1914 when voters ratified a suffrage amendment passed by the legislature in 1913. In 1916, Rankin, a...
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Montana Republican Party (section Jeannette Rankin)
that was considered to be known as the essence of Montana Republicanism. Rankin was a Republican from Montana and was also an important figure with the...
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film debut, A Single Woman, about the life of first US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, won the 2009 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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One woman has been a member of Montana's congressional delegation, Jeannette Rankin, as a representative. She was the first woman in the United States...
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Henrietta Martin, first American woman to run for the United States Senate Jeannette Rankin, first female U.S. Congresswoman Walter S. Schuyler, U.S. Army brigadier...
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Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. Following his defeat, he ran for the United States Senate in 1942, but came third in the primary to Wellington D. Rankin and Charles...
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American poet Jeannette Ng, Hong Kong-born British fantasy author Jeanette Oppenheim (born 1952), Danish lawyer and politician, MEP Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973)...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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state Francis Harrison Pierpont, West Virginia Po'pay, New Mexico Jeannette Rankin, Montana Ronald Reagan, California Henry Mower Rice, Minnesota Caesar...
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lost to Murray by a vote of 83,673 to 82,461. Wellington Rankin's older sister, Jeannette Rankin, was the first woman ever elected to the United States...
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British politician Jamilla Rankin (born 2003), Australian footballer Janice Rankin (born 1972), Scottish curler Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), the first female...
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Historical writing is 'screamingly relevant'". "Cool Montana Stories: Jeannette Rankin". Montanakids.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012. Vazzana, Eugene Michael...
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work. She was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam War, a member of the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, a group of notable women who fought against the war and for...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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the seat, in the primary. The general election was won by Republican Jeannette Rankin, who had previously won what was formerly an at-large seat in the House...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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Baker Motley Georgia O'Keeffe Annie Oakley Rosa Parks Esther Peterson Jeannette Rankin Ellen Swallow Richards Elaine Roulet Katherine Siva Saubel Gloria Steinem...
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Platform will endorse women's suffrage. 1916: Montana elects suffragist Jeannette Rankin to the House of Representatives. She is the first woman elected to...
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