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First Woman Congressman Jeannette Rankin Faces Congress
Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana, elected as representative at large, will take a seat in the House as the first woman to help shape federal laws. The nation watches her reform era in the Sixty-fifth Congress, while observers discuss aims and shifts in House traditions and committees.
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