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
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.
peace people
You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.
peace philosophy decision
What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.
peace war common-sense
There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; for war is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.
peace military war
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
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.
opportunity differences firsts
Go! Go! Go! It makes no difference where, just so you go! go! go! Remember, at the first opportunity, go!