Jeannette Rankin 1880-1973
Missoula, Montana
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress in 1916. She is most well known for being the only person to vote against entering World War I and World War II. She was instrumental in the women's suffrage movement, as well as many pacifist movements throughout the country.
"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." - Jeannette Rankin
References
"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/517.html>
"Women in Congress - Jeannette Rankin, Representative from ..." 2009. 23 Oct. 2012 <http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=202>
Image retrieved from the Library of Congress with no known restrictions. Web page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004672791/. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.
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