Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-11-11 | Page 1 | Montana Will Send Woman to Congress

MISS JEANNETTE RANKIN RAN-KIN of Montana, the first woman in the United States elected to congress. She is a Republican. ji ftw " i imiWILLSEI WHIN TO CONGRESS i Miss Jeanette Rankin of Missoula First of Her Sex to Be Thus Honored. -MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 10." Messages Mes-sages of congratulation from suffrage leaders in many parts of the country poured into Missoula today for Miss Jeannette Rankin, Republican, the first! woman to be elected to congress. Miss ! Rankin's campaign managers contended1 that she had been successful by at least 2000 majority. "I felt that the women would stand by rao," Miss R-ankin said today. "It is wonderful to me to think of having the opportunity of being the first woman wo-man to sit in congress with 434 men."! Miss Rankin is small and slight. She: is a graduate of the University of Mon- ! tana and the School of Philanthropy of j New York City.