CSPAN3 American Artifacts June 22, 2024
House wing where we use artifacts and photographs to trace the history of women in congress. This is the first of a twopart program. The story of women in Congress Begins with Jeannette Rankin, who is elected to the house in 1916 from montana. Shes elected to the house four years before women had the right to vote nationally. And in a way shes really a bridge from the sufferage movement. She was active in a womens sufferage organization. She got the right to vote in a couple of states west of th...
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