USA HISTORY

” I believe that the first vote I cast was the most significant vote and a most significant act on the part of women, because women are going to have to stop the war ____ “ What was the name of the first female member of Congress who was the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against entering the war?

(A) Jane Addams

(B) ** Jeannette Rankin

(C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

(D) Carrie Nation

Concept note-1: -Montana elected Jeannette Rankin to Congress in 1916, before women had the right to vote nationally.

Concept note-2: -Since 1917, when Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress, a total of 423 women have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, Resident Commissioners, or Senators.

Concept note-3: -Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin of Montana.

Concept note-4: -Four years before ratification of the 19th Amendment secured American women’s constitutional right to vote, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress. Rankin was sworn in as a representative for Montana on April 2, 1917. She served a second term in the House of Representatives in 1941.