Although it’s been a while, Montana has a long history of having some great statesmen and women like Mike Mansfield, Jeannette Rankin and Pat Williams – just three of them.

Jeannette Rankin, duly authorized representative of a commonwealth destined to be second to none in the galaxy of states.

HELENA — Louise Replogle Rankin Galt, who died last month at age 90, led a remarkable life as a Montana attorney, rancher, landowner and Republican Party stalwart.

In 1916, four years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment gave women the nationwide right to vote, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin—who was born on this day in 1880—became the first ...

Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated the legacy of Jeanette Rankin by proclaiming April 2, 2025 “Jeannette Rankin Day” in Montana.

Jeanette Rankin became, in 1916, the first woman elected to Congress. Notably, before the 19th Amendment was ratified granting women the right to vote (though Montana enacted a state suffrage law ...

The very first woman elected to the House was Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana.

Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916, and Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first woman to serve as governor in 1925.

Four years before the 19th Amendment secured the right for women to vote in the U.S., Montana Rep. Jeannette Rankin was sworn in on April 2, 1917. She was the first woman to serve in the House and ...

Let’s do the numbers. 1917 Montana Republican Jeanette Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1917, four years before women had the right to vote.