Talk:Jeannette Rankin
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WOW i never knew that much before about her. just more details
Jeannette should be a recognized and honored American historical figure but the liberal establishment has abandoned her and never speaks of her because they would have to admit that she was a lifelong Republican!!
i never knew that they didn't want to show that she was a lifelong republican... i would figure that it would give the Republics more credit... because shes was an amazing person and all....
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- Don't think that lifelong Republican actually applies. I think that research would show that she attended some Democratic National Conventions later in life, at least 1972 in particular if I recall correctly. In any event, she doesn't seem to be embraced as much as she should by either party, perhaps because of her anti-war vote after the Pearl Harbor attack, which is hard for anyone but committed pacifists to accept. She had too much of a Republican past to be accepted by some modern femminists and it seems pretty safe to say that she wouldn't fit into the modern Republican Party, where apparently no one identifies with pacifism anymore. Glad to know that she is now in Statuary Hall; I visited there many years ago, before her statue was erected, but she belongs there as the first-ever female Member of Congress so I'm gratified to learn that she is. She's also historic as the only Member of Congress to vote against U.S. participation in both World Wars; she is certainly sui generis there, as no one else in Congress voted against World War II. Rlquall 20:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Somebody added a line "I like men" and appears to have changed the number of votes that Rankin cast. I don't know the correct number, so I'm leaving that unchanged, but the nonsense is out! John Elder 08:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
