The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-11
CONGRESSIONAL IS
WELL KNOWN HERE
Miss Jeanette Rankin, From
Montana, Lobbied in Con-
gress and Made Speeches.
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n Washington. She is young, attrac..
looking and has s' iine. sharp. well-Sai.
anced mind. She was heckled frequent
ly by the crowds. but she liked that.
and always had good comeback"
Worked Here Several Winters.
Washington suffragists know Miss
Rankin because OF her work here for
several winters. In 1918 she bore the
Montana petition to Congress upon the
first occasion of the mobilizing OF the
suffrage forces armed with petitions
from every Southern State. Most Of the
suffragists came on trains. That was
too tame for Miss Rankin. She left
Helena, Mont, in an automobile. and
!, all the way across the continent made
suffrage speeches until she arrived in
washington. ~tired and hoarse. but
y ppy. Then she went right to work
Going lobby work. and, to use the ten
mis- vernacular. was one OF the first suf-
fragists to put the lob" in lobbying.
Is University Graduate.
Miss Rankin Ia a many Sided young
woman. Not only Is she a university
graduate, with a postgraduate de-
gree or two to her credit. but she
maintains that there is nothing in
compatible with suffrage and social
life.
One feature OF her campaign was
her dancing with the miners at the
rough and ready social functions in
the back woods towns of Montana.
Some one in this family has to get
to Congress" she told friends early
that her brother. Wellington Rankin,
a prominent lawyer in Helena. had
made a close run but failed of cleo
ton several years back.
Among Montana Pioneers.
Miss Rankin's family was a pioneer
one in Montana, as she was a pioneer
In Montana woman suffrage. Her
father was engaged in the mining
business. and the Rankin name. for
identified With the AFFAIRS Of tine the
State. Now her younger sister, Miss
Edna Rankin, has Just graduated
from college, and she. too. Is taking
q prominent part In suffrage politics.
Was Social Worker.
Miss Rankin started out to earn her
own living by being a social worker.
She went to the University OF Min
nesota, then took course in the
school OF Philanthropy, in New York.
Then she went to WORK as paid
nsld secretary for the National AS,
in the Union.
suHrasists give her credit for putting
a% nf IN isi4 She worked work d. day and night
at II for five months before the cleo
tion. She had just finished when the
suffrage convention TOR GO, S1nvene id, at Nash
Of her work had gone before her. and
when she quietly walked on the floor
Of the convention, she was given an
ovation that would have done the heart
Of any politician good.
Got in the Game Here.
After the convention she came TO
and in her spare moments spoke at
street meetings the Congressional Union
conducted hhere all the winter.
We all love her." said Mrs, Walter
the. National Association for Woman
Suffrage. "and nearly every suffra-
Eist I'm the country knows her.
Just heard how a group out in Fargo
and have no doubt many others have
done the same"
Can Dance, Speak and Sew.
Miss Rankin can dance. speak, and
she likewise can make her own
clothes, and is a good cook. heI
friends say. She Is of medium theignt
dark, with brown eyes, and a smile
one of them said that Is enough tC
carry a man on his feet"
But Miss Rankin !s not only an ar
dent sunragist, but considerable of q
reformer in all lines. She believes ir
letting the people know what's going
on, ana Is an ardent advocate OF chile
welfare, prohibition, social insurance
ana other progressive Liquidation.
Holds "Pitiless Publicity" Motto.
One thing she has hammered on ir
hsr campaigns Is greater publicity II
the AFFAIRS OF government, and she
wants the Congressional Record hu
manized and popularized so that tn,
people know what their Representa-
lives In Congress are doing.
IT'S going TO be some job keeplni
suffrage on the moor OF the House wher
she gets there" one suffragist said.
She 10 IN adroit politician. and chi