Jeannette Rankin: The Woman Who Voted No
Story Stats
Rating: 4
Grade Level: 4, 5
Page count: 4
Author
Shawn
Lake
Appeared in
Cricket Magazine Vol 21, Num 7, March 1994
Story Summary
A nicely written biographical segment about Jeannette Rankin, suffragette and first woman elected to congress and the only congressional member who cast a no vote for sending our troops to war in World War I. She continued her activism for women's rights and pacifism throughout her life.