When, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Congress voted to declare war against Japan, Jeannette Rankin once again voted "no" to war. She also, once again, violated long tradition and spoke before her roll call vote, this time saying
"As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else"
as she voted alone against the war resolution.
She was denounced by the press and her colleagues, and barely escaped an angry mob.
She believed that Roosevelt had deliberately provoked the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Jeannette Rankin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding grants to, low-income women, ages 35 and older. Each grant recipient has a vision of how a college education will benefit herself, her family, and her community. Most recipients are in truly meager financial circumstances and may have other hardships or disabilities.Rankin's most famous quote:
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"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."-
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