Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience

By Norma Smith

Book Overview

Social worker, suffragist, first woman elected to the United States Congress, a lifelong peace activist, and a tireless advocate for political reform, Jeannette Rankin is often remembered as the woman... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917298799
• ISBN13: 9780917298790
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Non-elegant but interesting

This book was composed by a friend of the subject some twenty years ago but not published till 2002. But it is not hagiographical even though the author, now deceased, knew Jeannette Rankin. Most people know that Rankin voted against war twice--even though she only served two terms in the House, having been elected in 1916 to her first term--the first woman elected to Congress--and then elected to her second term in 1940. So when Pearl Harbor was bombed she was the only person who voted against war--though a few days later she voted for war against Germany. She was somewhat eccentric and was active in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era though not in full sync with the moving spirits in that endeavor. She lived on till she was almost 93, active and forceful till the end. While the book has no footnotes and is kind of amateurishly written it tells an interesting story, and gives a fuller picture of an amazing woman than most folks have had hitherto.