Quote of the day
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
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.