Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress. The Republican Representative from Montana was elected in 1916 and sworn in on March 4, 1917. Here are other historic firsts for women ...

1911, Helena, Montana. Jeannette Rankin made a passionate speech to the all-male state legislature, lobbying for women's right to vote. As the suffrage movement is really heating up, Jeannette ...

Jeannette Rankin helped secure the right to vote ... They pressured the government to uphold its obligations and Montana’s Legislature in 1957 demanded restoration of federal obligations for ...

HELENA, Mont — Governor Gianforte proclaimed April 2, 2025 as 'Jeannette Rankin Day' in Montana ... office as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. At the ceremony, Karen Sterk ...

It was precisely a century ago, on Nov. 7, 1916, that Montana’s Jeannette Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives. She was the first woman ever elected to U.S. national office.

The moment: Jeannette Rankin elected ... In the first federal election in which Montana women could vote, Rankin was elected as one of the state's two representatives. "Edith Mutchler wrote ...

JEANNETTE RANKIN WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MONTANA THE YEAR BEFORE SHE SUCCESSFULLY RAN ON A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM CALLING FOR TONE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE LEGISLATION PROTECTING CHILDREN AND US ...

When Jeannette Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902 ... became the first woman to address the state’s all-male legislature about a nascent suffrage bill.

Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana ... she was again elected as a pacifist representative from Montana. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The next day, Congress ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to name a Montana post office building in honor of Jeannette Rankin. The Missoulian reported Thursday that the approval came ...

Rep. Kim Dudik, D-Missoula, is sponsoring House Bill 719 in the Montana Legislature to honor Rankin (1880-1973) by dubbing I-90 between milepost 101 and 106 the Jeannette Rankin Memorial Highway.

She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives ... to young women in Montana and across the country, and thanked the president. Tester said “Jeanette Rankin left a larger-than-life legacy ...