Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman

Rankin, Jeannette Pickering

In 1916 Jeannette Rankin became the first woman ever elected to the United States Congress (House of Representatives). She ran as a Republican from Montana. Rankin was a social worker, suffrage, and peace activist. In 1913 she took over the well-organized Montana Equal Suffrage Association campaign to win a state suffrage amendment. The campaign was successful and gave Rankin the additional ...

Jeannette Pickering Rankin's Campaign for U.S. Senate Republican Party Primary, 1918

Jennie A. Curieux's Campaign for County Recorder and Auditor, 1918

Jenette Lewis's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1916