link to article on history.hous.gov: The Swearing in of the First Woman elected to Congress, Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. On this date Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to Congress was sworn into the House. Rankin had campaigned as a progressive in 1916, pledging to... She was a women's rights advocate and she introduced legislation that would become the 19th Amendment. She championed civil rights causes over her 60 year career. #WomensHistoryMonth #pinks #ProudBlue link: history.house.gov/HistoricalHi... includes b/w image of woman in 3/4 face with wide-brimmed hat
Jeannette Rankin 1st woman elected to #Congress 4 years before women given right to vote in 19th Amendment, women's rights #advocate
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