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Jeannette Rankin

1880 - 1973

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana. Each of Rankin's congressional terms coincided with the initiation of U.S. military intervention in both world wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeannette Rankin is the 10,550th most popular politician (up from 11,495th in 2019), the 4,088th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,240th in 2019) and the 353rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeannette Rankin ranks 10,550 out of 19,576. Before her are Andrés Pastrana Arango, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Cai E, Shuttarna II, Eduardo Lonardi, and Giorgio Almirante. After her are Pōmare V, Amda Seyon I, Baldomero Espartero, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, George Tupou II, and Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Jeannette Rankin ranks 107. Before her are Sholem Asch, Leonard Woolf, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Marie Stopes, and Mihail Sadoveanu. After her are Samuel Jones, Louis Charles Breguet, Fritz Bleyl, Arnold Gesell, Broncho Billy Anderson, and Zequinha de Abreu. Among people deceased in 1973, Jeannette Rankin ranks 124. Before her are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Gene Krupa, Vilhelm Moberg, Laurens Hammond, Marthe Bibesco, and Carlo Emilio Gadda. After her are Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Grigori Kozintsev, Helen Parkhurst, Nobuko Yoshiya, Bobby Darin, and Adolfo Zumelzú.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeannette Rankin ranks 4,088 out of 20,380. Before her are Lucia Berlin (1936), Miley Cyrus (1992), Harold Robbins (1916), Marshall Bell (1942), Jackie Cooper (1922), and Ty Cobb (1886). After her are Jo Van Fleet (1915), Bob Pettit (1932), Dave Grusin (1934), Rob Lowe (1964), Charles Berlitz (1913), and Adrienne Rich (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jeannette Rankin ranks 353. Before her are Elizabeth Warren (1949), Joseph B. Foraker (1846), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Jesse Ventura (1951), Charles Foster (1828), and Lynne Cheney (1941). After her are Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Grace Coolidge (1879), Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Kamehameha V (1830), David Duke (1950), and Robert H. Jackson (1892).

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