C-SPAN Cities Tour: Congressional Papers of Jeannette Rankin
November 1, 2013
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as posted by the channelSee the congressional papers of the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin. She was a lifelong pacifist elected in Montana in 1916 and then again in 1940. See some of the constituent letters from supporters, as well as the newspapers that criticized her after her vote against participation in World War I. During her second term, Rankin stood alone in voting against America's entry into World War II.
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