FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS

On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin 
was elected to the U.S
.
House of Representatives. She is the
first woman in the history of the nation to win a seat in the
federal Congress.

Jeannette Rankin - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973)

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