Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Jeanette Rankin
Born: June 11, 1880
Died: May 18, 1973 (aged 92)
Bio: Jeannette Pickering Rankin was the first woman to hold federal office in the United States when, in 1916, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives by the state of Montana. She won a second House term 24 years later, in 1940.