Date in year · 1917 · The 1910s
On March 4, 1917, jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks would arrive in the same year.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940.
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1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th…
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First woman elected to U.S. Congress (1880–1973)
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940.
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