- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Jeannette Rankin
- Publisher:
- Georgia Photo File, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA
- Date of Original:
- 1880/1973
- Subject:
- Legislators--United States
Social reformers--Georgia--Watkinsville
Women legislators--United States
Women social reformers--Georgia--Watkinsville
Suffragists--Georgia--Watkinsville
Trees--Georgia--Watkinsville
Women--Georgia--Watkinsville
Women pacifists--Georgia--Watkinsville
Pacifists--Georgia--Watkinsville
Politicians--Georgia--Watkinsville
Women politicians--Georgia--Watkinsville
Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Oconee County, Watkinsville, 33.8629, -83.40877
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Jeannette Rankin spent most of the last years of her life in Watksinsville. A dedicated pacifist, Rankin actively opposed both world wars and the Vietnam War during her long political career.
Photograph of Jeannette Rankin in her later years. She is shown outside, standing in front of a stand of tall trees. She wears a colorful jacket, black shirt, and black-rimmed glasses.
Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and a longtime resident of Watkinsville, Georgia, left an indelible mark on Montana, on Georgia, and on the nation through her activism on behalf of women's rights and pacifist ideals. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/jeannette-rankin-1880-1973/m-8682/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
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- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3377
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Georgia Photo File - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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