Jeannette Rankin

Overview

Jeannette Rankin born Missoula, MT June 11, 1880 (d. 1973). Only congressperson to vote against both World Wars.

Quotations

"I love my country, but I cannot vote for war." (April 5, 1917)

"You can no more win a war than an earthquake." (Daniella Giosefffi, Women on War, p. 12, 1988; photo biography.com)