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Actually who you thought: Jeannette Rankin
She was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jeannette Rankin from Montana
Jeannette Rankin was elected to the House of Representative from the state of Montana in 1916.
Jeannette Rankin was elected to the House of Representative from the state of Montana in 1916.
Actually who you thought: Jeannette Rankin
In 1916, Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress was Jeannette Rankin of Montana. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916, four years before the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916 from Montana. Rankin was known for her pacifist beliefs and she voted against U.S. entry into both World War I and World War II.
In 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin was elected to the US House by her congressional district in Montana.
If you are asking about the United States, it was Jeannette Rankin. She was from Montana, where women had already been given the right to vote. A Republican, she was elected in 1916, and took her seat in the House of Representatives in 1917.
Jeannette Rankin was born on June 11 1880. She was first elected to Montana's 2nd district from Mar 3 1917 - Mar 3rd 1919. She was elected to Montana's 1st district from Jan 3rd 1941-Jan 3rd 1943. She died on May 18th 1972 at the ripe old age of 92. Jeannette Rankin was a Republican