Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973), une voix étatsunienne à la marge
As the first woman to be elected to Congress in 1916, Jeannette Rankin was faced with two challenges: as the only woman in an environment associated with men's voices and male representation and also as a suffragist and a Progressive activist in a legislative body. This essay focuses on her str...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Association Mnémosyne
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Genre & Histoire |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/7080 |
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| Summary: | As the first woman to be elected to Congress in 1916, Jeannette Rankin was faced with two challenges: as the only woman in an environment associated with men's voices and male representation and also as a suffragist and a Progressive activist in a legislative body. This essay focuses on her strategies in order to make her voice heard and to normalize her presence, placing these withinthe long history of women’s engagement with politics in the United States. |
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| ISSN: | 2102-5886 |