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Jeannette Rankin was born in Missoula, Montana
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Jeannette was one of seven children, she was the daughter of a rancher and a schoolteacher.
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In 1902, she earned her degree in biology. Rankin followed in her mother's footsteps working as a teacher for a short amount of time. Jeanette Rankin tried several more careers, including seamstress and social worker.
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After many failed attempts to try and find a carrier, she finally found one in the womens suffrage movement. She tried to amend that state's constitution to give women the right to vote and it passed in 1911
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Rankin returned to her home in Montana to work f to get Women's right to vote in Montana. They finally granted women the right to vote in 1914.
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In 1916, Rankin ran for U.S. House of Representatives and it was a close race but she won the election and become the first woman to serve in Congress.
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Rankin created the women's rights legislation. Also, she was in office she helped to get the 19th amendment passed for Women's Right to Vote. Finally, in 1920 the 19th amendment was passed.
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In 1939, Rankin was running for a seat in the U.S House of Representitives and she won the election based on her anti-war position.
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In 1943, Rankin left office and spent most of her time travelling. She continued to work in her pacifist beliefs.
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She died on a Friday night at her apartment in Carmel, California. She died when she was 92 years old. She will always be remembered for her work with women's suffrage.
