Jeannette Rankin by https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke Jennifer Morytko en-us 2021-09-30 02:56:21 UTC 2024-05-19 06:46:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Jeanette Rankin was born June 11 1880 morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780046089 2021-09-30 03:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780046089 She was the first woman elected to the United States Congress in 1916 morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780048621 2021-09-30 03:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780048621 Other accomplishments Jeannette Rankin is responsible for are better working conditions and to improve healthcare for women and children morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780058051 2021-09-30 03:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780058051 "Rankin started volunteering at the Telegraph Hill settlement house. With a new interest in social work, Rankin applied and was accepted to the New York School of Philanthropy (now the Columbia University School of Social Work), graduating in 1909"(HistoryHouse) morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780065554 2021-09-30 03:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780065554 "Rankin, however, proved doubters wrong. Her platform supported a number of prominent issues during the Progressive Era—including nationwide suffrage, child welfare legislation, and the prohibition of alcohol."(HistoryHouse) morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780079214 2021-09-30 03:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780079214 The first bill she signed was the Susan B Anthony amendment which would protect women and not allow them to suffer any longer morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780088031 2021-09-30 03:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780088031 morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780103797 2021-09-30 03:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780103797 morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780105853 2021-09-30 03:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780105853 Congress declared war on Germany which Ranking and 49 others were opposed too but the majority vote won and the war began morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780115217 2021-09-30 03:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780115217 "Rankin’s efforts on behalf of America’s workers were not limited to the mines back home. In 1917 a constituent’s letter alerted Rankin to poor conditions at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the Treasury Department in Washington, DC; the Bureau employed a large number of women who were often required to work 16-hour shifts."(HistoryHouse) morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780230899 2021-09-30 04:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780230899 morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780237618 2021-09-30 04:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780237618 morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780238876 2021-09-30 04:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1780238876 References morytko3 https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1787684109 History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “RANKIN, Jeannette,” https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/R/RANKIN,-Jeannette-(R000055)/(September 29, 2021)]]> 2021-10-03 17:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/morytko3/qdo0thglkl0ag6ke/wish/1787684109