Abstract The Rankin Family photograph collections includes 201 photographic prints from the John and Olive Rankin Family of Missoula, Montana, dating from 1865 to 1973. Views include family photographs and portraits of the family's seven children, Jeannette, Philena, Harriett, Wellington, Mary, Grace, and Edna, and their families and homes. Jeannette Rankin, the Rankin's oldest daughter and the first woman elected the U.S. Congress, is most prominently represented in the collection with photographs...

Abstract Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973, was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She served two nonconsecutive terms in the House of Representatives: 1917-1919 and 1941-1943. Rankin was a suffragist, pacifist, and progressive social reformer. As congresswoman she voted against declaration of both world wars. The collection (1912-1972, bulk 1916-1942) consists primarily of correspondence and subject files from Rankin's congressional office. The bulk of materials are from her first term. Some...