A new biography of an exemplary and eccentric feminist
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeanette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress, by Lorissa Rinehart. St. Martin’s Press, 2025. 342 pages.
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Despite its rather obscure and long title, this biography of early 20th century feminist and crusader Jeanette Rankin is written with zest and evocative language, and only occasionally some melodrama.
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