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Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
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Jeannette Rankin
First woman elected to U.S. Congress (1880–1973)
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montana
U.S. state
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States House of Representatives
Lower house of the US Congress
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the U.S. Constitution in enumerated matters…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 4
Day of the year
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