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Jeannette Rankin Lapel Pin

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Date

1940

Maker

St. Louis Button Co., St. Louis, MO

Dimensions

Diameter: 7/8 × 3/16 in. (2.2 × 0.5 cm)

Accession Number

2006.238.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of Donald K. Wattam

Object Details

This campaign button was the start of Jeannette Rankin’s second successful campaign for Congress during the looming crisis of World War II. In the vote for the declaration of war on Japan, she was the only Member to vote no. In 1917 she had become the first woman to serve in Congress when she represented Montana for a single term in the House.

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Eyewitness account of Montana Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin's lone vote against the U.S. declaration of war against Japan on December 8, 1941.

Irving Swanson, Reading Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
Interview recorded July 13, 2005 – Deed of Gift
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