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Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880–May 18, 1973) was an American politician, feminist, progressive, and pacifist. She is famous for being the first women elected to Congress in 1916 and for voting both against the US's entry into World War I and World War II after coincidentally being re-elected in 1940. She was the only Congressperson to do so.

She also campaigned during the Progressive Era to guarantee suffrage for women across the country.

External links

• PBS documentary about Jeanette Rankin's life as a Montana stateswoman