Peace Is a Woman's Job

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

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…