Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973)
Autore di Two Votes Against War and Other Writings on Peace
Opere di Jeannette Rankin
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A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — Collaboratore — 490 copie
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Collaboratore — 86 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1880-06-11
- Data di morte
- 1973-05-18
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California (ashes)
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Missoula, Montana, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Carmel, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Spokane, Washington, USA - Istruzione
- University of Montana
University of Washington - Attività lavorative
- suffragist
Pacifist
Politician
Member of Congress - Organizzazioni
- National American Woman Suffrage Association
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Susan B. Anthony Award from the National Organization for Women
- Breve biografia
- Jeannette Pickering Rankin was one of six children born to a ranching family near Missoula, Montana. She grew up helping with the men's chores and attending local schools. In 1902, she graduated with a degree in biology from the University of Montana. She went to New York City, where she studied at the New York School of Philanthropy, part of Columbia University (now the New York School of Social Work), and trained as a social worker. She visited New Zealand in 1915 and worked as a seamstress in order to gain personal knowledge of the social conditions of workers. Back in the USA, Ms. Rankin became an organizer for the women's suffrage campaign. She was named a lobbyist for the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1914, helping to win the vote for women in Washington state and Montana before the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Her brother, a powerful Republican in Montana, managed her first political campaign in 1916, when she became the first woman elected to Congress. Ms. Rankin served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. After she left, Ms. Rankin resumed ranching and travelling, and gave public lectures. She was a committed pacifist in both World Wars, and led marches against U.S. involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s.
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