Wellington Rankin

Author : Katherine H. Adams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476685304
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rankins of Montana written by Katherine H. Adams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the Rankins, a family that embodied the risk and ambition that transformed America. John Rankin arrived in the West chasing the adventure of gold mining but soon turned to ranching and building in the new town of Missoula. There he met Olive Pickering, who had left New Hampshire in 1878 to become a teacher and seek a husband on the American frontier. John and Olive's children continued to demonstrate their parent's ambition and nerve. Their son became one of the biggest landowners in the country, one of the first personal injury lawyers, and a crusader against railroads and mining. Jeannette became the first woman in a national legislature, voted against two world wars and led marches protesting the Vietnam War. As a dean, Harriet helped develop the modern co-educational university. Edna traveled the world advocating for birth control. The Rankins faced both national adulation and condemnation for the choices they made. Their family story concerns independence and education, activism, the boundaries created by gender, religious choices, and the changing meaning of the West.

Author : Norma Smith
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780917298790
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience written by Norma Smith and published by Montana Historical Society. This book was released on 2002 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social worker, suffragist, first woman elected to the United States Congress, and a lifelong peace activist, Jeannette Rankin is often remembered as the woman who voted "No" to United States involvement in both world wars. Rankin's determined voice for change shines in this biography, written by her friend, Norma Smith.

Author : Volney Steele
Publisher : Champions Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781888550108
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wellington Rankin written by Volney Steele and published by Champions Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington Rankin was argueably one of the most powerful Montana figures in the first half of the 20th century. Without him, it might be argued that the name of Jeannette Rankin, his older sister, might not be known to us today. He was instrumental in both her elections to congress. At one time he was the largest landowner in the United States with over one million acres under his ownership, though his stewardship of the many ranches he owned was often contraversial. A brilliant, flamboyant attorney, Rankin was a champion of the underdog. Had he lived in the later part of the century, he would have been a nationally known attorney in the pattern of F. Lee Bailey and Gerry Spence. Though serving as the Montana State Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney for the state of Montana, and for years the powerful head of the Montana Republican Party, he was unable to get elected to the office he coveted most, the U.S. Senate.Dave Walter, Research Historian for the Montana Historical Society states in his forward to the book, "To say that Wellington Rankin presents an enigman is to belabor the obvious. Possessing perhaps Montana's most adept political mind?ever?them man failed to be elected time and time again. Awash in property and wealth, he reached his peak as a courtroom attorney who defended the downtrodden. A horseman of real repute, he proved unable or unwilling to sustain a quality ranching operation.""Is there a home-grown Montanan who alive who does not have a 'Wellington Rankin story'? This volume sorts through the stories, sifts fact from fiction, and launches the unraveling of a persistent enigma."Because Rankin kept few records, little has been written of him. Volney Steele spent more than ten years researching through what little information was available and interviewing family and friends. He has done an outstanding job of piecing together the life of this remarkable figure in Montana history.

Author : Katherine H. Adams
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476637172
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Claiming Her Place in Congress written by Katherine H. Adams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  The fall of 2018 saw an unprecedented number of women elected to Congress, changing estimates of how long it might take to achieve equal representation. For the first time, women candidates used techniques honed by America's political families, which have helped women enter politics since 1916. Drawing on extensive research and conversations with successful women politicians, this book offers a history of the political opportunities provided through familial connections. Family networks have a long history of enabling women to run for political office. There is much for the latest group of candidates to emulate.

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Total Pages : 1148 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Author : ANZAAS (Association)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
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Download or read book Report of the ... Meeting written by ANZAAS (Association) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ANZAAS (Association). Meeting
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
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Download or read book Report of the ... Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science written by ANZAAS (Association). Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 956 pages
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Download or read book Report of the ... Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science written by Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ANZAAS (Association)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
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Download or read book Report of The...meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science written by ANZAAS (Association) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ANZAAS (Association)
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Total Pages : 960 pages
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Download or read book Report of Meeting written by ANZAAS (Association) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: