A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin

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At home in Missoula she helped care for her younger brother and four younger sisters She rolled up her sleeves to cook for them sew their clothes and call the doctor when they were ill Most girls in 1900 planned to marry and raise children but Jeannette wanted a different life