A woman was elected to Congress before women’s suffrage

American women were given the right to vote in 1920, but Jeanette Rankin became the first woman in the U.S. federal office in 1916.

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A woman was elected to Congress before women’s suffrage
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American women were given the right to vote in 1920, but Jeanette Rankin became the first woman in the U.S. federal office in 1916.