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AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
” 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
Explanation: 

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

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin of Montana.

Detailed explanation-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.

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