Papers of Jeannette Rankin, 1879-1976

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Papers of Jeannette Rankin, 1879-1976

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00071/catalog

Abstract

Correspondence, newsclippings, etc., of Jeannette Rankin, pacifist, feminist and first woman elected to Congress.

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12 1/2 file boxes, 5 reels phonotapes, 1 reel motion picture film, 1 supersize item, 2 folio folders

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eng, Latn

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 6386160

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Addams, Jane, 1860-1935

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Social reformer; founder of Hull House settlement, Chicago. From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Louis J. Keller, Chicago, 1912 May 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496308 From the description of Letter: Hull-House, Chicago, to Paul M. Angle, Springfield, Ill., 1932 June 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26496294 Founder of Hull House in Chicago. From the description of Cor...

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932

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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...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Anthony, Katharine Susan, 1877-1965

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Wellington Rankin?

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Labor Center Association

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Louise (Replogle) Rankin Galt

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Board, John C.

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Board was a candidate for an M.A. in history at the University of Wyoming in 1964. From the description of The lady from Montana : Jeannette Rankin. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007480 ...

Harriet (Rankin) Sedman

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Kirkley, John

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Brown, Geoffrey

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Bragg, Mary Rankin, 1888-1971

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Mary Rankin Bragg was born on August 30, 1888 to John Rankin and Olive Pickering Rankin of Missoula, Montana. Bragg was also the younger sister of Jeannette Rankin, who was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. Mary attended the University of Montana from 1906-1910, where she graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts in Literature. Mary would later marry Herbert Bragg. Mary Rankin Bragg passed away in 1971 at the age of 83 in San Marino, California. From the...

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

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WILPF developed out of the International Women's Congress against World War I that took place in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1915 and the formation of the International Women's Committee of Permanent Peace; the name WILPF was not chosen until 1919. The first WILPF president, Jane Addams, had previously founded the Woman's Peace Party in the United States, in January 1915, this group later became the US section of WILPF. Along with Jane Addams, Marian Cripps and Margaret E. Dungan were also foundi...

Sale, Marie

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Ronhovde, Andreas

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O'Neill, Mary, 1971-....

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Mary (LeDuc) O'Neill was born February 16, 1908 (one source says 1906) in New York, NY, and died January 2, 1990, in Yuma, AZ. She was an educator, advertising copywriter, and free-lance children's writer. In 1970 she joined the Peace Corps and worked as a writing teacher in Africa and Latin America. Her best known work for children was Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a work that teaches color identification. Biographical Source: Something About the Author vols. 2, 64 ...

Knowles, Gladys Ellsworth Heinrich, 1892-

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Brown, Walter

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Epithet: Business Manager `The Hornsey Journal' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000307 ...

Janet R. Kinney

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Ronhovde, Eric

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Cavett, Dick

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Robins, Margaret Dreier 1868-1945

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Women's rights leader and social activist. Margaret Dreier Robins was born in 1868 in Brooklyn, New York. She left New York in 1925 and moved to Florida with her husband Raymond Robins. The Robins' resided at a large estate called Chinsegut Hill near the town of Brooksville. Margaret was a founder and leader of the National Women's Trade Union League and an outspoken crusader for equal rights for women in the workplace. She and her husband were also active in politics and campaigned for candidat...

Anthony, Katharine

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Bragg, Herbert

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Schaffer, Ronald.

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Rankin family

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Huber, Harriet

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Surles, Flora Belle, 1887-1971?

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Surles graduated from Alabama Girls' Technical College and Alabama College, and held a secretarial post with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, where in 1924, she met congresswoman Jeannette Rankin. She also supervised WPA historical records and research projects (1935-1941), and published a biography of her friend, Anne King Gregorie, in 1969. From the description of Papers, 1917-1973 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122407610 ...

Bragg, Kenneth

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

McGregor, Grant

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Brown, Dorothy

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Thomas Edward Kinney

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Cole, George, 1957-

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Ronhovde, Ann

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Phyllis Brown Kinney

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Rankin, Angus

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Kinney, John

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John Kirkley

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Huber, Mary Elizabeth, 1830-1861

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Josephson, Hannah

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Author and librarian Hannah Geffen Josephson (1900-1976) wrote a biography of Jeannette Rankin, entitled Jeannette Rankin, First Lady in Congress (1974). From the description of Papers, 1969-1974 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007308 ...

Olive (Pickering) Rankin

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Bragg, Lee

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Rankin, John, 1923-

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000877.0x000095 ...

Grace (Rankin) Kinney

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Rankin, Wellington Duncan, 1884-1966

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Wellington D. Rankin was born in Missoula, Montana, on September 16, 1884, the son of pioneer Missoula businessman and rancher John Rankin and his wife Olive Pickering Rankin, an early Missoula County school teacher. His oldest sister Jeannette was the first woman elected to the United States Congress. He had four other sisters: Harriet, Mary, Edna, and Grace. After graduating from the University of Montana with a degree in science, Wellington attended Harvard University...

Yarrow, Harriet

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McKinnon, Edna Rankin, 1893-

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Birth control advocate (University of Montana, B.A., 1916, LL.B., 1918), McKinnon worked with the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau (1936-1947) establishing birth control clinics around the country, was Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood Association, Chicago area (1947-1957), and a field worker for the Pathfinder Fund, a private organization for international family planning (1958-1966). In this last position she traveled in India, Africa, and the Middle East to help in the establishment...

Papers of Jeannette Rankin, 1879-1976

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