Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.

11 June 1880

Born on the same birth day (11 June): Chuck Hayes • Fragiskos Alvertis • Graeme Bachop • Joshua Jackson • Kit Pedler • Reg Latta • Richard Todd • Yui Aragaki

Born in the same month (June 1880): André Derain • Arnold Gesell • Carl Van Vechten • Clara Blandick • Helen Keller • Johannes Drost • John Meyers (swimmer) • Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp • João Cândido Felisberto • Ludwig Beck • Mitchell Lewis (actor) • Oswald Veblen • Otto Eisenschiml