nyhistory:One hundred years ago today, Jeannette Rankin, a Republican fromMontana, took her seat as
nyhistory:One hundred years ago today, Jeannette Rankin, a Republican fromMontana, took her seat as the first woman in Congress. She rose to political prominence as a strongadvocate for women’s suffrage, and in this letter to fellow suffragist Harriet Burton Laidlaw, she describes some of the organizing efforts she was a part ofin her home state. Jeannette Rankin. Letter to Harriet Burton Laidlaw. June 22, 1914. [Scrapbook… in support of women’s suffrage.] New-York Historical Society. -- source link
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