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=**//__Jeannette Rankin __//**= ====Jeannette Pickering Rankin of Montana was the first woman in U.S. history to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was a nonconformist Republican and served two nonconsecutive terms in the House. Rankin is mostly remembered for her opposition to war. In 1917, she voted against the entry of the United States into WWI, and in 1941, she took the same position against U.S. involvement in WWII. During the 1950's and early 1960's, Rankin traveled abroad and lived modestly in Georgia; but the Vietnam war drew her back into the public spotlight. In 1968, she led the Jeannette Rankin Brigade, a half-million women demonstrating in Washington, D.C., against U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia. In 1969, she took part in anti-war protests in South Carolina and Georgia. Jeannette Rankin was born on June 11, 1880, in Missoula, Montana; and died on May 18, 1973, in Carmel, California. She was 93 years old. ====