the story of women in congress starts with jeanette rankin, who is elected to the house in 1916. in a way she is a bridge, from the suffrage movement to women attaining full political rights. she was active in a national woman's suffrage organization, she helped women to get the right to vote not only in montana but a couple of states west of mississippi. and she runs in 1916 and she is elected to one of montana's two districts, and part of her platform is that she is a pacifist. well she is sworn into the house on april 2nd 1917. and the house comes into a special session, extraordinary session, because the president that night, woodrow wilson, delivers a message to congress, asking for a declaration of war against germany. it's the u.s. entry into world war i. and when that vote is held, she is one of the group of 50 members who votes against u.s. intervention in world war i. she served a term in the house and she was on the woman's suffrage committee. she was on the public lands committee, which was an important assignment for a woman from montana. and with so much of the land

and when you look at it you go back to 1970 or 1917 rather with jeanette rankin, it has been almost 300 women up to this point so it's a long story but it's a good one ready. [laughs] [applause]

congressional research -- jane, talks about the life and legacy of jeanette rankin. the first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capital historical society hosted the event, it is about 55 minutes. >> today we are here to listen to jane, front of the society. your first us understand involvement with the capital, falling in love with the capital like all of us are in love with the capital. jane was a, writer researcher for the history office. she was student programs coordinator for the maryland general somebody in minneapolis, and i'm still kicking myself for not taking up the offer to tour the dome, that's probably out of reach at this point because right now she is here in d.c. with the congressional research service. we're happy to have her in the medicine building down the street. she's a regular contributor to our dome. the latest article that she submitted was in eighth issue a couple years ago on bootlegging in the capital, that might suggest that she's really entered again out interesting little hidden corners of the capital, now janette is not a hidden any

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national day of women to remind everyone that the first member of this body, that was a woman, was jeanette rankin, she was elected from the state of montana in 1916 and again in 1940. she reserved us well. she served us admirably. i just wanted to remind everyone that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not have a monopoly on having women represent them. thank you so much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the fog message from the secretary of the senate on march 8, 2021, at 9:10 a.m. that the senate passed senate 164. senate 578. senate 579. senate 590. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject t >> search c-span's coverage of news conferences as well as remarks from members of congress. use the interactive ga

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they present artifacts and forecasts starting with jeanette rankin and ending in the '70s and the '80s. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy "american history tv" every weekend on c-span 3. >> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3 created by america's cable television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies that provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >> located about 100 miles from washington dc on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay. the harriett tubman visitor center opened in 2017. war coming up next, a half hour tour to learn about the life of welcm escaped slave, abolition cyst, e civil war spy, and suffragist es harritt tubman.dison a >> good morning, i'm ranger re. crenshaw. that harriett tubman was born three miles from here and she grew up a few miles west of here. it was here that she learned the skills vital to make her a successful conductor on the underground railroad. inings like reading the landscape, reading the stars, walking through the woods, and t being comfortable outdoors by d herself.

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they present artifacts and photographs beginning with the 1917 election of jeanette rankin, and ending with representatives in the 1970s and '80s. they tell stories about margaret chase smith, claire booth loose, shirley chisholm and lindy bog, watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend, on c-span 3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span 3. explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span 3. created by america's cable television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> located about 100 miles from washington, d.c., on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay, the harriet tubman underground railroad visitor center, opened in the spring of 2017. up next, on american artifacts, a half hour tour of the grounds and exhibits to learn about the life of escaped slave, abolitionist, civil war spy, and suffragist harriet tubman. >>> welcome to harriet t

congressional research -- jane, talks about the life and legacy of jeanette rankin.e first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capital historical society hosted the event, it is about 55 minutes. >> today we are here to listen to jane, front of the society. your first us understand involvement with the capital, falling in love with the capital like all of us are in love with the capital. jane was a, writer researcher for the history office. she was student programs coordinator for the maryland general somebody in minneapolis, and i'm still kicking myself for not taking up the offer to tour the dome, that's probably out of reach at this point because right now she is here in d.c. with the congressional

she takes part in the jeanette rankin brigade. she opposes apartheid and in the 1980s will join pickets outside the south african embassy against apartheid and against u.s. complicity in helping to kind of prop up the south african government. and eight days after 9/11, she joins with danny glover, harry belafonte, and a number of civil rights activists to call for justice, not vengeance, to decry any move to war and to insist that the united states sort of work with an international law and within the international community to bring justice. so where do we go from here? on the anniversary of the bus boycott last month, president obama tweeted a picture of himself on the rosa parks bus sitting in the classic rosa parks pose. next week as we know, the post office will issue a stamp. she is as one of my colleagues put it, the american version of a national saint. but her legacy asks much more of us than a stamp or a statue, and if we are going to claim her legacy as president obama did last month, then we must realize what it asks