To: DiogenesLamp
Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to and served in the US Congress, before women were even given the right to vote on a Federal basis. She represented Montana, a state which had granted full suffrage to adult females several years earlier.
She was a notorious pacifist, though, voting against entry into both the First and Second World Wars. This may or may not be looked upon as some kind of high moral principle.
26 posted on
04/17/2016 2:47:22 PM PDT by
alloysteel
(If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
To: alloysteel
Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to and served in the US Congress, before women were even given the right to vote on a Federal basis. She represented Montana, a state which had granted full suffrage to adult females several years earlier. I don't consider that comparable to anything Hamilton or Jackson did.
36 posted on
04/17/2016 2:53:25 PM PDT by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: alloysteel
But she was a Republican, so it won’t happen.
51 posted on
04/17/2016 3:12:38 PM PDT by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: alloysteel
Kaiser Wilhelm and Adolf Hitler thought she had “high moral principle.”
101 posted on
04/17/2016 5:22:44 PM PDT by
BlackElk
(Dean of Discipline Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em Danno!)
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