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90th Anniversary of First Woman Elected to US Congress
90th Anniversary of Jeannette Rankin’s election to U.S. Congress and 30th Anniversary of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation November 2006 November 6, 2006 is the 90th Anniversary of Jeannette Rankin’s election to United States Congress. Women’s suffrage had passed in Montana and voters elected R...
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Two Georgians receive JRF scholarship
Seventy-eight low-income women from across the United States will each receive the Jeannette Rankin Foundation’s annual $2,000 grants, the Athens-based group announced Thursday evening. The organization recognized those women this week, featuring their names on the program for the Jeannette...
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Pi Beta Phi raises funds for worthy cause
Pi Beta Phi sorority raised over $5700 for the Jeannette Rankin Foundation (JRF) with their annual spring dart tournament. This year’s tournament was held on April 5 at The Georgia Theater and featured live music and door prizes. The mission of Pi Beta Phi is to promote friendship, develop women...
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State Chief Justice Lauds Foundation's Namesake
Thirty years ago, shortly after Jeannette Rankin died, five Athens-area women sat down to decide how to follow her instructions to help adult women. Started with $16,000 in proceeds from the sale of the Oconee County property where America’s first Congresswoman lived late in life, the Jeann...
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Foundation passes hat for women's education
In 1976, a group of like-minded women formed a foundation to help other women get back into school and earn college degrees. Thirty years later, a new group of women, many of them young enough to be the founders’ daughters, are preparing to carry on their legacy. The Jeanette Rankin Foundat...
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