Today's Document from the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/ http://www.archives.gov/global-images/logos/nara-archives.gov-blue-home.gif Today's Document from the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/ 159 140 Daily Featured Documents from the holdings of the National Archives en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:22 -0500 <![CDATA[Representative Jeannette Rankin]]> http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=1107 Documents Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:22 -0500 Representative Jeannette Rankin (detail)
On November 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress, 4 years before woman suffrage was added to the Constitution in 1920 with the 19th Amendment. Since Rankin, there have been nearly 200 women elected to Congress.
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