'One Woman, One Vote: Jeannette Rankin'

Suffragist, pacifist, and tireless advocate for social reform, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress (R-Montana), and the only member of Congress to vote no for U.S. entry into both world wars.

She began her public career in 1910 working for suffrage and the cause of women and children during the reform decades of the early 20th century.  She was elected for represent Montana in Congress in 1916.

In this first person program, audiences will be taken back to 1920. The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote in national elections has just been added to the Constitution, and the country is recovering from participation in the Great War, World War I.

Jeannette Rankin will share her journey from grass roots suffragist to becoming the first woman in Congress.

This event is sponsored by The Woman’s Club of Colorado Springs.