Jeannette Rankin: America's First Congresswoman

JEANNETTE RANKIN: AMERICA'S FIRST CONGRESSWOMAN, a book for middle-grade readers and others who love American history, tells the inspiring true of a truly groundbreaking American woman.

Born on a ranch in Montana, Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress, in 1916, a full century before Hillary Clinton made her historic run for president. A devout pacifist, Rankin was the only member of Congress to vote against the U.S. fighting in World Wars I and II. Over the span of 60 years, she would become one of America's greatest feminists, pacifists and suffragists. Late in her life, Rankin led the Jeannette Rankin Brigade on a march in Washington against the Vietnam War. She fought for what she believed in. She never backed down.

The book, which contains 60 historic photoghraphs, is the second in Peter Aronson's Groundbreaker Series: Middle-grade biographies about extraordinary people doing extra ordinary things.

For information about the author's other books, please see the author's web site: www.peteraronsonbooks.com

About the Author
Aronson, Peter: - I am a former journalist and a former lawyer and now write children's books full-time. I began this new endeavor after seeing my teenage daughters read mostly dystopian-themed books, It inspired me to write books about real people or novels with a strong dose of reality. Therefore, I started writing two series for middle-grade readers. The first is my Groundbreaker Series, biographies about extraordinary people doing extraordinary things, for middle-grade readers. The first book in this series, Bronislaw Huberman: From child prodigy to hero, the violinist who saved Jewish musicians from the Holocaust, was published in July 2018. The second book in the Groundbreaker Series, Jeannette Rankin: America's First Congresswoman, is being published now. The second series is the Mandalay Hawk adventures, novels also for middle-grade readers. Mandalay Hawk's Dilemma: The United States of Anthropocene, is due out in late 2019. The series focuses on three young teenagers as they strive to solve the world's biggest problems. First up, the biggest problem the world currently faces: global warming. There's a lot of KRAAP: Kids Revolt Against Adult Power, with a march on Washington unlike any other and rapping in the Oval Office to a captive president. What else are kids going to do when adults mess up? WEBSITE: www.peteraronsonbooks.com