[DOC] [TLE] Jeannette Rankin - Wikipedia [PAR] Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880  May 18, 1973) was the first woman 
to hold federal office in the United States when, in 1916, she was elected to the 
U.S. House of Representatives by the state of ... In February 1911, Rankin 
became the first woman to speak before the Montana legislature, making her 
case for... [DOC] [TLE] RANKIN, Jeannette | US House of Representatives: History, Art ... [PAR] When Rankin decided in 1916 to run for a House seat from Montana, she ... 
Some national woman suffrage leaders feared she would lose and hurt the cause
. ... And this was the first opportunity for Montana women to vote in a federal 
election. ... a crying schoolgirl, even though Montana mail to Rankin's office ran 
against... [DOC] [TLE] Jeannette Rankin - U.S. Representative, Women's Rights Activist ... [PAR] Jul 8, 2016 ... Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress and her 
work helped give women the right to vote. Learn more at Biography.com. ... and 
Montana and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. ... While 
living in Washington State, she became active in the drive to amend... [DOC] [TLE] Jeannette Rankin - United States History [PAR] Jeannette Rankin, the first American woman elected to Congress, was also well 
... She enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle and became involved 
with the ... The year 1916 ushered in the beginnings of change in the United 
States. ... women could not even vote in most sJeannette Rankin was the first 
woman to... [DOC] [TLE] On This Day... in 1916: Jeannette Rankin Becomes First Woman ... [PAR] Mar 4, 2013 ... On this day in 1916, Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected 
to the United ... Her success sparked a long line of women in Congress whose ... 
by the press that she lost, Rankin wound up winning by over 7,500 votes. ... that "
as a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else. [DOC] [TLE] The State Where Women Voted Long Before the 19th Amendment ... [PAR] Aug 26, 2015 ... For 50 years before the adoption of the 19th Amendment, women in one ... first 
female justice of the peace in 1870, and she tried more than 40 cases during her 
tenure. ... Congress relented, and Wyoming became the first state to grant ... (
Even before the passage of the 19th Amendment, Montana elected a... [DOC] [TLE] Newsela | Time Machine (1916): First woman is elected to Congress [PAR] Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to hold national office in the United 
States. She ... She worked to give women the right to vote in all elections. ... She 
believes she will be welcomed by the other Congressmen, even though they are 
... They think a woman in Congress fighting for national suffrage can no longer be
... [DOC] [TLE] Montanakids | Jeannette Rankin [PAR] The first woman to serve in either house of the U. S. Congress, and one of the ... 
She was elected in 1916, at a time when women could not even vote in most 
states. ... She briefly taught in country schools before serving an apprenticeship 
as a ... responsibility for her five sisters and a brother, Wellington, who later 
became... [DOC] [TLE] No Compromise with War The first Congresswoman never ceased ... [PAR] Apr 2, 2007 ... They did so back in 1916, even before all women had the vote, and in ... and she 
took her seat three years before her Eastern sisters could even cast a ballot. In 
fact, four of the first five women elected to Congress came from the West: No. ... 
She became the first woman to address the Montana legislature,... [DOC] [TLE] Jeannette Rankin, First U.S. Congresswoman | Legacy.com [PAR] Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of ... an 
important women's rights milestone by becoming the first woman to speak before 
the ... once declaring, You can no more win a war than you can win an 
earthquake.

Question: She became the 1st woman elected to Congress in 1916, before most women could even vote
Answer: Jeannette Rankin