Jeannette Rankin: America's Conscience

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

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 th…

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

Jeannette Pickering Rankin's Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, 1916