Jeanette Rankin

 

  1. Jeanette Rankin
    1. Sources at Lewis & Clark Library
    2. Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center
    3. Online Resources

 

Jeanette Rankin, one of Montana's most famous daughters, was born in 1880 on the family ranch near Missoula. After attending Montana State University, the New York School of Philanthropy, and the University of Washington, she became active in the women's suffrage movement. She was the first woman to address the Montana Legislative Assembly. In 1916 she became the first woman elected to the U. S. Congress. She served a second term in the U. S. House, beginning in 1940. She is famous for casting the only "No" vote on December 8, 1941, during the special session to declare war on Japan. Jeannette Rankin continued to support and promote pacifism the remainder of her life. She died in 1973.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

  1. Josephson, Hannah. Jeannette Rankin, First Lady in Congress: A Biography. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1974. [Shelfmark M B RANKIN]
  2. Lopach, James J. Jeannette Rankin: A Political Woman. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2005. [Shelfmark M B RANKIN]
  3. Block, Judy Rachel. The First Woman in Congress. New York: C.P.I., 1978. [Shelfmark M B RANKIN]
  4. Davidson, Sue. A Heart in Politics: Jeannette Rankin and Patsy T. Mink. Seattle: Seal Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1994. [Shelfmark M 923.273 D]
  5. Galt, Ben. "Miss Jeannette Rankin: The Lady from Montana." Montana Historian 5.1 (1974): 6-9.
  6. Rostad, Phil. "The Lady from Montana." Montana Historian 3.1 (1972): 2-11.
  7. Paladin, Vivian, and Jean Baucus. Helena an Illustrated History. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 1996. 118, 120, 138, 217. [Shelfmark M 978.6615 P]
  8. "Miss Rankin's Conscience Was Her Weakness." Independent Record 20 May 1973, 1-2.
  9. Smith, Jeffery J. The Montana 2000 History Calendar. Missoula, Montana: Historic Montana, 1999. [Shelfmark M 978.6 SMITH]
  10. Rankin, Jeannette. [Shelfmark Vertical File]
  11. Chittenden, Elizabeth F. "Jeannette Rankin." Montana Magazine 9 (January-February 1979): 54-55.
  12. Alonso, Harriet Hyman. "Jeannette Rankin and the Women's Peace Movement."  Montana: The Magazine of Western History 39 (Spring 1989): 34-49.
  13. Board, John. "Jeannette Rankin: The Lady from Montana." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 17 (July 1967): 2-17.
  14. Giles, Kevin S. Flight of the Dove: The Story of Jeannette Rankin. Beaverton, Oregon: Lochsa Experience Publishers, Touchstone Press, 1980. [Shelfmark MB RANKIN] ] 
  15. Smith, Norma. Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. [Shelfmark MB RANKIN]
  16. O'Brien, Mary Barmeyer. Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973: Bright Star in the Big Sky. Helena, Montana: Falcon Press, 1995. [Shelfmark MB RANKIN]
  17. Golden, Kristen. Remarkable women of the twentieth century: 100 portraits of achievement. New York: Friedman/Fairfax Publishers in association with Corbis. 1998. [Shelfmark Q 920.7209 G]
  18. Woelfle, Gretchen. Jeannette Rankin: a political pioneer. Honesdale, PA: Calkins Creek.2007. [Shelfmark MB RANKIN]
  19. Marx, Trish. Jeannette Rankin: First Lady of Congress. New York:Margaret K. McElderry Books. 2006.[Shelfmark MB RANKIN]
  20. Josephson, Hannah. Jeannette Rankin, first lady in Congress:a biography. Indianapolis:Bobs-Merrill. 1974.[Shelfmark MB RANKIN

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

  1. Smith, Norma. Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience. Helena, Montana: Montana Historical Society Press, 2002. [Shelfmark B J167JR]
  2. O'Brien, Mary Barmeyer. Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973: Bright Star in the Big Sky. Helena, Montana: Falcon Press, 1995. [Shelfmark B R167OB]
  3. Shengold, Nina. The Lady from Montana. Sherman, Conn.: Electric Shadows, 1994.
  4. Giles, Kevin S. Flight of the Dove: The Story of Jeannette Rankin. Beaverton, Oregon: Lochsa Experience Publishers, Touchstone Press, 1980. [Shelfmark 328.73 G39F]
  5. Jones, Betty. Montana Women: Montana Historical Society Biographical Series. Pamphlet 4604.
  6. Board, John. "Jeannette Rankin: The Lady from Montana." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 17 (July 1967): 2-17.
  7. Alonso, Harriet Hyman. "Jeannette Rankin and the Women's Peace Movement."  Montana: The Magazine of Western History 39 (Spring 1989): 34-49.
  8. Chittenden, Elizabeth F. "Jeannette Rankin." Montana Magazine 9 (January-February 1979): 54-55.
  9. Rankin, Jeannette. Vertical File.
  10. "Miss Rankin's Conscience Was Her Weakness." Independent Record 20 May 1973, 1-2.
  11. "Jeannette's Life Goes Beyond Firsts." Billings Gazette 15 June 2003: 1A, 3A.

 

Online Resources

 

  1. "Rankin, Jeannette (1880 - 1973)." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. 21 June 2007.
  2. "Miss Rankin's Conscience Was Her Weakness." Independent Record 20 May 1973, 1-2.
  3. "Jeannette Rankin Biography (1880-1973)." Biography.com.


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