Jeannette Rankin: First Lady of Congress

by Trish Marx

Book Overview

I've been trying to help women have better lives, using the laws we already have. But what if the laws are wrong, or don't go far enough?" So was the thinking of Jeannette Rankin before she decided to run for Congress, years before most women even had the right to vote. Growing up a small-town girl in Montana, Jeannette showed courage and initiative, helping to run her family's ranch and daring to go to university at a time when most women did not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689862903
• ISBN13: 9780689862908
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

a child-sized dose of history

Trish Marx's readable biography of Jeannette Rankin is a perfectly rendered child-sized dose of American political history. Written in accessible blank verse, it tells the story of Rankin's courageous career as a campaigner against war and for the rights of women and children. The book's seven chapters chronicle the childhood, young womanhood, early political career, private life and later life achievements of Rankin, a woman whose spirit will appeal to modern young readers. Dan Andreasen's sepia-toned drawings, alternating with softly rendered paintings, bring a warm period feel to the book. The text would make for a good read-aloud in a classroom setting, or the subject of biography book reports. Exceptionally well-done.