Jeanette Rankin collection 1917-2009

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Jeanette Rankin collection 1917-2009

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Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress and served twice as Montana's United States House Representative from 1917-1919 and from 1941-1943. The Jeannette Rankin collection consists of pamphlets and form letters related to her campaigns and positions on legislative issues, stationery and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) files on Rankin and the Jeannette Rankin Brigade.

0.2 linear feet

eng,

University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and 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, and again in 1940. Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902. She subsequently attended the New York School of Philanthropy (later the New York, then the Columbia, School of Social Work) before embarking on a care...