rankin then made a radical suggestion. on the declaration of war, congress which has the power must create a money or medium of exchange that would be good only during the war and that would be the only legal tender, the only legal money during the war and that that money would become illegal at the moment the war ends. then of course those who made profits would have nothing but they could not use that money that was made. i don't think that went over too well. in a senate hearing rankin objected to the amount of money spent to promote the defense industry. she said big vested interests in war get contracts from the government that run in the millions and tens of millions and hundreds of millions. they spend in advertising just as every other institution does. it is that tremendous propaganda for war that has to be cut down. in 1937 she advised congress to study military expenditures. the chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs reprimanded her stance. we are somewhat amazed when an effort is made to organize an

rankin voted in opposition. at the time she received harsh criticism for her vote and left congress at the end of her first term. rankin returned to congress 22 years later at the start of world war ii. this time when the president called for war and even confirmed pacifists joined the cause. indeed, it was december 8, 1941, just one day after the japanese attacked pearl harbor. under such circumstances, no legislator dared to vote against the legislation, and on this issue when the newspaper reported she raised her voice alone. so when the name jeanette rankin is recalled she's likely to be linked to these two facts. she was the first woman in congress and the only member to vote against both world wars and it is right to do so if these two facts formed part of rankin's identity and she was more than the two votes and more than the first female in congress. she was an activist her entire life and until her death the fin congress until her death at the age of 92. she returned again and again to the capital, to t

rankin had one more advantage. she received a vast amount of free publicity as local, and national newspapers covered the race. reporters expressed a fascination with her campaign. in october of 1916, the montana enterprise declared jeannette rankin candidate on the republican ticket is fiery inte, rare perspective. meanwhile the seattle times made this conclusion. miss rankin is an excellent speaker, attractive in appearance, indeed she had hold her political skills by lobbying politicians all over the country on behalf of the suffrage movement. at this time, montana had two congressional seats. but they were both in the same at large district. in other words, the district encompassed the entire state of montana. rankin found that the at large arrangement gave her another advantage. she had more statewide recognition than her competitors. it meant that she had to travel long distances to reach far flung voted populations. she held rallies in train stations, attended community suppers, and visited countless schools

up to world war ii very purposefully, with the exception of rankin, did not embrace what you would call's rights agenda. in fact, they tried to minimize gender distinctions. they felt that was the best way to work their way into the hierarchy. it's the same way with the hispanic-american members up until chavez and the post world war ii period. there is the tension to the degree you're going to act as a surrogate representative. henry gonzalez was a co-founder of the congressional hispanic caucus in late '76, but he is so turned off by activists and particularly la raza, which attacked him in the late '60s and early '70s, he questions tactics used by activists and he eventually questions the legislative agenda the caucus moves to in the '80s. to the point where at some point in the '80s, at some point, he stopped paying his dues. he is no longer on the caucus records. there's absolutely -- we have yet to find the press article that says, "today, henry gonzalez left the hispanic caucus." we know he lost interest. that's a story that, you know, is familiar with women, too. it's not -- the

american history tv, congressional research service analyst jane armstrong hudiburg talks about janette rankin, the first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capitol historical society hosted the event. >> today we're here to listen to jane hudiburg, an old friend of the society. your first, as i understand it, your first involvement with the capital, falling in love with it like all of us, was a tour guide with the capitol guide service. then jane was a writer, researcher for the senate

congressional research jane hudiburg 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 hudiburg, front of the society. your first us understand involvement with the capital,

and one of our greatest crime authors ian rankin will be here to tell us about his new novel the darkted borisjohnson will ask the us president, joe biden, to delay the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan, when he chairs a virtual meeting of g7 leaders today. we'rejoined nowjulia manchester, who's a political reporter for the hill in washington dc. good morning. great to see this morning. first of all, just remind us howjoe biden got this point. we us how joe biden got this point. we saw us howjoe biden got this point. - saw that earlier in the summer, joe biden announced that he would be withdrawing american troops from afghanistan. remember, this was a decision that was initially made, the decision to withdraw, by former president trump during his administration. we saw thejoe biden was following through on this. fast forward to last week and we saw those chaotic images coming out of kabul airport, after the taliban essentially took over the country in just a matter of days, something the administration, the americans and those around the world, really were not expecting.

both the high entry corridors i lifted before, rankin, has the second highest number of collisions between them, and yet it doesn't have kind of a comprehensive solution to address those safety issues. the goal of the solutions is to improve overall roadway safety issues between the sunset and golden gate park. crossing lincoln is also a challenge for pedestrians walking to the butt stops on the northern side of the street. and through the study, the team identified a tool box of traffic calming and [inaudible] such as dilating and painted safety zones. and so there are 25 intersections on lincoln way between great highway and arguello with crosswalks where people cross. [inaudible] is recommending prioritizing safety infrastructure to intersections with the highest number of collisions. further study similar to that conducted for the fulton safety project to the north of the park can provide an understanding of specific treatments that can be applied to these 21 intersections and the five pedestrian crossings along lincoln. as supervisor mar mentioned, many trips start in district 4, and