Nearly 110 years ago on April 2, 1917, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to be sworn in as a U.S. House Representative.

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. A new biography on Jeannette Rankin — the first woman elected to Congress and a ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The first woman to be elected to Congress was sworn in on April 2, 1917. Jeannette Rankin was born near ...

April 2, 1917. Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana, begins her term as the first woman ever elected to the US House ...

Chaucer’s Bookstore, 3321 State St., Santa Barbara, will feature local author Lorissa Rinehart for a book talk and signing of her “Winning the Earthquake: How Jeanette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become ...

The author of “Winning the Earthquake,” a biography of first female U.S. Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, will lecture on her research during an event at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Richard B.

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Historian Lorissa Rinehart visited the University of Georgia as the featured ...

Jeannette Rankin boasts several firsts. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916, the first woman in the nation to be elected to Congress. She was a lifelong pacifist and was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of American pacifist leader Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973), who in 1916 became the first female member of Congress when ...

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A one-woman show, "The Making of a Peaceful Warrior," written and performed by Allyson Adams of Virginia City, begins at 7 p.m. Sunday in Carpenters' Union Hall, 126 W. Granite St., Uptown Butte, as ...