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“The individual woman is required . . . a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and thereby rescue her good disposition out of the wreckage of her self-respect, or else follow an independent line of behavior and rescue her self-respect out of the wreckage of her good disposition.”

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Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Rankin was a prominent U.S. Congressperson known for her advocacy of women's suffrage and peace. Born on June 11, 1880, she served two non-consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first woman to do so. Rankin's career was marked by her steadfast commitment to social justice and her role in shaping the early 20th-century political landscape. more

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