Celebrate Women’s History Month: Meet Jeanette Rankin

The Republican Party also played a leading role in securing women the right to vote. In 1896, the Republican Party was the first major political party to support women's suffrage. When the 19th Amendment finally was added to the Constitution, 26 of 36 state legislatures that had voted to ratify it were under Republican control. ◼ The first woman elected to Congress was a Republican, Jeanette Rankin from Montana in 1917. So it was by hardworking Republican hands that color and gender barriers were first demolished in America...

◼ Learn more about the Republican Women Organizations.
◼ History: GOP Accomplishments
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◼ Help Us Celebrate Women’s History Month - League Of Women Voters

Women’s History Month begins March 1st.