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became an active member of the Women's International League for... [DOC] [TLE] Facts About Women in the House and the Senate - Infoplease [PAR] Jeannette Rankin, Republican from Montana, was the first woman elected to 
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Question: In 1917 this Montanan became the first woman member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Answer: Jeanette Rankin