The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Congress held a vote to declare war on Japan. The tally was 388–1 in favor, the lone vote against coming from pacifist Jeanette Rankin, who said, “As a woman, I can’t go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.”

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History of Women in the U.S. Congress

This infographic highlights 10 Congresses that are notable in the history of women’s fight for equal representation in the United States. Spotlight, women, U.S. Congress, Senate, House of Representatives, Nineteenth Amendment, Nancy Pelosi, elections, gender parity, Jeanette Rankin, Rebecca Latimer