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Jeannette Rankin

Bright Star in the Big Sky, 2nd Edition

Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin represented Montana for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A leading advocate for both woman suffrage and world peace, she was instrumental in securing the right or Montana women to vote, five years before the right was granted nationally. As the sole female member of the U.S. Congress in 1919, Jeanette was the only woman to vote for national suffrage. This biography reveals Jeannette Rankin's life and personal story, exposing her many courageous and remarkable accomplishments.

Globe Pequot / TwoDot

Pages: 80 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-1728-7 • Paperback • October 2015 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-1-4930-1729-4 • eBook • October 2015 • $13.99 • (£10.99)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Women, Biography & Autobiography / Political, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists

Jeannette Rankin

Bright Star in the Big Sky, 2nd Edition

Cover Image

Paperback

eBook

Summary

Summary

The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin represented Montana for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A leading advocate for both woman suffrage and world peace, she was instrumental in securing the right or Montana women to vote, five years before the right was granted nationally. As the sole female member of the U.S. Congress in 1919, Jeanette was the only woman to vote for national suffrage. This biography reveals Jeannette Rankin's life and personal story, exposing her many courageous and remarkable accomplishments.

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Globe Pequot / TwoDot

Pages: 80 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-1728-7 • Paperback • October 2015 • $14.95 • (£11.99)

978-1-4930-1729-4 • eBook • October 2015 • $13.99 • (£10.99)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Women, Biography & Autobiography / Political, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists

Author

Author

Mary Barmeyer O’Brien was born and raised in Missoula, Montana, and received a B.A. in Sociology from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. She is the author of seven previous books about women’s history and pioneers on the overland trails, including Across Death Valley: The Pioneer Life of Juliet Wells Brier; Outlasting the Trail: The Story of A Woman’s Journey West; and May: The Hard-Rock Life of Pioneer May Arkwright Hutton. Mary writes from her home in Polson, Montana, and enjoys hiking, camping, and reading. She and her husband, Dan, have three grown children.

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