Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Pickering Rankinwas 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 Montana. She won a second House term 24 years later, in 1940...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 June 1880
CityMissoula, MT
CountryUnited States of America
boys committed died meant mind women
It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail.
war justice refuse
As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.
justice people half
We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.
war boys jail
It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail.
home rights democracy
Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights. . . .
war enemy slaughter
War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.
people matter helping
Killing more people won't help matters.
men hands use
Men and women are like right and left hands: it doesn't make sense not to use both.
peace years suffrage
I worked for suffrage for years, and got it. I've worked for peace for 55 years and haven't come close.
opportunity differences firsts
Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where, just so you go! go! go! Remember, at the first opportunity, go!
philosophy people movement
The most disappointing feature of working for a cause is that so few people have a philosophy of life. We used to say, in the suffrage movement, that we could trust the woman who believed in suffrage, but we could never trust the woman who just wanted to vote.
men gun mad
Men are not killed because they get mad at each other. They're killed because one of them has a gun in any dispute.
country war personality
I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
war compromise no-compromise
There can be no compromise with war.