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Events on Sunday 4 March 1917 1
1917Jeannette Rankin takes her seat in CongressFirst woman elected to the US House of RepresentativesRankin, a Montana Republican, was sworn into the House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to hold federal elected office in the United States. She would go on to be one of few members of Congress to vote against US entry into both world wars.