Jeanette Rankin Quotes

Biography: Jeanette Rankin is known for being the first woman elected to the Unit... more Biography: Jeanette Rankin is known for being the first woman elected to the United States Congress. Serving as a congresswoman from Montana, she was elected in 1916, four years before women gained the right to vote nationally. Rankin was a staunch advocate for women's suffrage and a lifelong pacifist, voting against both World Wars. less

"As an adherent of nonviolence, I cannot consistently support war.""Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.""You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.""I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last."

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