Lecture by Jeannette Rankin Subject: Let the People Know Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first woman member of Congress. See the article in the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="external" href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1917-03-03/ed-1/seq-11/" target="_blank">New York Tribune ("Jeannette Rankin Cheered by 3,000 For Speech Here", column 6)</a> for more information on this event. Humanities, National Endowment for the. New-York Tribune. [Volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, March 03, 1917, Image 11. no. 1917/03/03, 3 Mar. 1917, p. 11. lecture 1917-03-02T20:30:00