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jim49er
05-23-2012, 08:50 PM
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, serving two separate terms. She injected the first woman's voice into national political debates. A committed pacifist, Rankin was the only member of Congress to oppose entry of the United States into both World Wars

http://www.greatwomen.org/women-of-the-hall/search-the-hall/details/2/120-Rankin

jim49er
05-23-2012, 09:19 PM
After Second Term in Congress:

In 1943, Rankin went back to Montana rather than run for Congress again (and surely be defeated). She took care of her mother and traveled worldwide, including to India and Turkey, promoting peace, and tried to found a woman's commune on her Georgia farm. In 1968, she led more than five thousand women in a protest in Washington, DC, demanding the U.S. withdraw from Vietnam, heading up the group calling itself the Jeannette Rankin Brigade. She was active in the antiwar movement, often invited to speak or honored by the young antiwar activists and feminists.

Acala
05-23-2012, 09:28 PM
I read the article but it didn't say why she hated America.