Jeannette Rankin

I found, on Carnegie Hall's website, the delicious, delectable, irascible, articulate and magnificent Jeannette Rankin.

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 1) Dylan Brody 2011

With A Single Woman (the first name of my Jeannette Rankin play) I started with her speeches and then worked my way into her personal life with the help of a dramaturg (the great Rick Foster).

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011

From Sojourner Truth, to Susan B. Anthony, Jeannette Rankin, Shirley Chisholm, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Sonia Sotomayor - women have always blazed a path for the next generation to carry the torch further.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: 91 Years Later, We All Have to Carry The Torch Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 2011

When it's someone so historically interesting as Jeannette Rankin, there's a ton of material on the NY Times website -- their archive goes back to 1871 or something like that -- and I learned a lot about what she was doing, what the world thought of her and how she responded to inquiry from journalists.

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011

When it's someone so historically interesting as Jeannette Rankin, there's a ton of material on the NY Times website -- their archive goes back to 1871 or something like that -- and I learned a lot about what she was doing, what the world thought of her and how she responded to inquiry from journalists.

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011

From Sojourner Truth, to Susan B. Anthony, Jeannette Rankin, Shirley Chisholm, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Sonia Sotomayor - women have always blazed a path for the next generation to carry the torch further.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: 91 Years Later, We All Have to Carry The Torch Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 2011

I found, on Carnegie Hall's website, the delicious, delectable, irascible, articulate and magnificent Jeannette Rankin.

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 1) Dylan Brody 2011

With A Single Woman (the first name of my Jeannette Rankin play) I started with her speeches and then worked my way into her personal life with the help of a dramaturg (the great Rick Foster).

Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011

In 1916, four years before federal legislation granted suffrage to women, Jeannette Rankin of Montana took her place in the House of Representatives, becoming the first American woman elected to political office.

Celebrating Women's History Month: Jewish Women and Political Leadership 2010

Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman member of Congress, felt compelled to endorse the Prohibition cause in her state because of “political exigency.”

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010