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Jeannette Rankin : Bright Star in the Big Sky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Globe Pequot Press, The, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (81 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781493017294
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jeannette RankinDDC classification:
  • 328.73/092 B
LOC classification:
  • E748.R223 .O28 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Foreword -- ONE A Lone Vote -- TWO Montana Girlhood -- THREE Social Work and Suffrage -- FOUR First Woman in Congress -- FIVE Standing by Her Country -- SIX Peace Worker in Georgia -- SEVEN A Woman's Job -- EIGHT Doing All We Can for Peace -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin represented Montana for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A leading advocate for both woman suffrage and world peace, she was instrumental in securing the right or Montana women to vote, five years before the right was granted nationally. As the sole female member of the U.S. Congress in 1919, Jeanette was the only woman to vote for national suffrage. This biography reveals Jeannette Rankin's life and personal story, exposing her many courageous and remarkable accomplishments.
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Intro -- Foreword -- ONE A Lone Vote -- TWO Montana Girlhood -- THREE Social Work and Suffrage -- FOUR First Woman in Congress -- FIVE Standing by Her Country -- SIX Peace Worker in Georgia -- SEVEN A Woman's Job -- EIGHT Doing All We Can for Peace -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin represented Montana for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A leading advocate for both woman suffrage and world peace, she was instrumental in securing the right or Montana women to vote, five years before the right was granted nationally. As the sole female member of the U.S. Congress in 1919, Jeanette was the only woman to vote for national suffrage. This biography reveals Jeannette Rankin's life and personal story, exposing her many courageous and remarkable accomplishments.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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