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She was born in Missoula, Montana the daughter of a rancher and a schoolteacher. She graduated in 1902 from the University of Montana. In 1908 she moved to New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,, where she became a social workA social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. Social workers may also work with community health agencies. In developed countries a large numer. She moved to Seattle, WashingtonSeattle is the largest city in the U. state of Washington, and in the U. Pacific Northwest, with a total estimated population of 569,101 as of 2003. It is situated between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 108 miles (180 km) south of the Canadian bor, then enrolled at the University of WashingtonThe University of Washington founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. Its primary campus is in Seattle's University District, and it has two branch campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. Locally known as "U Dub," i, where she joined the incipient suffrageSuffrage is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that context it is also called political franchise''. Universal suffrage is the extension of voting privileges to all adults, without distinction to race, sex, belief or social status. movement. She was one of the people instrumental in granting women the right to vote in Montana.
On November 7November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. Events 1665 The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. 1783 A man convicted of forgery is the last to be publicly h, 19161916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. Impressionist Monet paints Water Lilies'. January 8 Allied forces withdraw from she was elected to the House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana. She took her seat on March 4, 1917. Only a year after taking office, she was called upon to vote on the resolution to go to war. After voting cast one of 56 votes against it, she was immediately reviled in the press. Suffrage groups cancelled her speaking engagements. Despite her vote against the war, she devoted herself into selling Liberty Bond s to support the war effort, and she voted for the draft.
In 1918 she ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate and failed. She ran an independent candidacy, but was unsuccessful. For the next two decades, she worked as a lobbyist in Washington, DC for various causes.
In 1940, Rankin was again elected to Congress, this time on an anti-war platform. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, she once again voted against going to war, the only member of Congress to do so. She did not run for reelection. During the remainder of her life, she traveled to India several times, meeting with fellow pacifists such as Mahatma Gandhi.
In 1968, she led more than 5,000 women who called themselves "The Jeannette Rankin Brigade" to the United States Capitol to demonstrate their opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Rankin died in Carmel, New York. In 1985 a statue of her was placed in the United States Capitol's Statuary Hall.