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Jeannette Rankin
see synonyms of jeannette rankinNoun
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leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Jeannette Rankin
see synonyms of jeannette rankinAmerican reformer and politician. A leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana, her home state, she later was the first woman US representative (1917–1919 and 1941–1943) and the only legislator to oppose US involvement in World War I and World War II.
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