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Jeannette Rankin

(Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973)

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973), a member of the United States House of Representatives who was elected in 1916 as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. Glass negative 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

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. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana. (From Wikipedia)

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Mines and Mining

Books by Jeannette Rankin:

Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973, contrib.: Authorizing the President to Take Over Metalliferous Mines: Hearings Before the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives. September 18, 1917 (Washington: GPO, 1917), by United States House Committee on Mines and Mining (page images at HathiTrust)

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