Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was the first woman in the United States Congress, elected in Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. After being elected in 1916 she said, `I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last.` Rankin`s two terms in Congress coincided with U.S. entry into both world wars.......