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Jeannette Rankin: We're half the...

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We're half the people; we should be half the Congress.

Source: Calling for more women in public office; in Newsweek, 14 Feb 1966.
-- Jeannette Rankin, (Jun 11 1880-1973), US suffragist, politician; She was the first woman to serve in Congress, 1917-19; only member to oppose entry into World War I, II.


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