indeed, even after her death at 93 jeannette rankin just cannot stay away from the capital. in 1980, five montana sent a statue of rankin to the statue collection. now she stands in the -- of the capital center, greeting thousands of schoolchildren as they stream in for tours of the capital. the phrase i cannot -- for war is written across the statue. base when the words for first, uttered they were called week, timid, aside of nervous hysteria. decades later they represent the courage and conviction of jeannette rankin, the first woman elected to congress, and the only member to vote against both world wars. rankin has since inspired countless members of congress to achieve of their, own thousands are likely to look back at her with fondness. they may view her as daring as outspoken, not week and emotional. i will show you a few pictures of notable members of congress, female, not all, just a few influenced by jeannette rankin. the first woman to serve in the house and congress. i could do a whole series of lectures on senator margaret, shirley chisholm, the first african am

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historian matthew wisnewsky and curator farrah elliott look at photographs in the 1917 election of jeannette rankin0s. they tell stories about margaret chase smith, clare boothe loose, shirley chisholm and wendy boggs. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american histy

tonight house of representatives historian matthew wisnewsky, they begin with photographs of jeannette rankinresentatives in the 1970s and 80s. they tell stories of shirley chisholm and lindy boggs. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies and today were brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. ♪♪ ♪♪

historian matthew wisnewsky and curator farrah elliott look at photographs in the 1917 election of jeannette rankin and ending with representatives in the 1970s and '80s. they tell stories about margaret chase smith, clare boothe loose, shirley chisholm and wendy boggs. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies. and today were brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >> since 2011, architect and historic preservationist joe b. hill has been visiting and compiling a database of former slave dwellings in the united states. her inter disciplinary work includes architectural documentation, photography, interpretation and preservation of slave history. up next, on american artifacts, we travel to southern virginia near the north carolina border to visit the former brandon plantation with joe b. hill and learn abou

jeannette rankin and margaret chase smith in politics.e made contributions i every facet of life, culture, science, government government, history is the study of the names we know or should know, but each of us has our own history of sorts as well. most of us probably won't wind up with the wikipedia page. we have our own history, we write our own history book. how many read it or notice is u to us, but each of us writes one . is a disproportionately rolled there as well. we could start with a woman who brought us into the world, our mothers. most of them will not be recorded in history books. we won't be in any books anywhere without them and what they sacrificed and did for us in still do for us. then we start school, and for many of us it was women who tol us how to read, how to write, i was women who tried to teach me math. they were patient, they were dedicated, i just never understood why they are or letters like x and y in math equations and fractions. you want me to multiply fractions? just round them up when it's al a number and