European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages Tarsan stripes sunday March 18 2007 from the mini Page by Betty Debnam o 2007 the my pub Ming company inc women in politics first woman member of the us Congress Jeannette Rankin Mont served As representative from 1917 to 1919 and from 1941 to 1943 she was elected to Congress before most women were allowed to vote women across the United states did not gain the right to vote until 1920 Jeannette Rankin voted against the United states fighting in both of the world wars Jeannette Rankin 18801973 first woman member of the House of representatives and then the Senate Margaret Chase Smith Maine replaced her husband who died while serving in the House of representatives she was then elected to four two year terms later she ran for the Senate and was elected for four six year terms from 1949 to 1973 in 1964 she became the first woman to have her name placed before a National political convention for the office of president Margaret Chase Smith 18971995 site to see today nine women Are serving As governors color in the states that have women governors Alaska Sarah Palin r Arizona Janet Napolitano d Connecticut m Jodi Rell r Delaware Ruth Ann Minner d Hawaii Linda Lingle r Kansas Kathleen Sebelius d Louisiana Kathleen Blanco d Michigan Jennifer Granholm d Washington Christine Gregoire d 3 republicans Here is a list of states that have elected women to the House of representatives 50 democrats 21 republicans a 1 my 2 a c a 1 co 1 it 3 Al 2 i 1 in 2 in 1 is 1 my source Center for american women in politics Rutgers the state University of new Jersey meet Max Thieriot Max Thieriot plays Shepard Farmer in the movie the astronaut Farmer Max 18 first starred in a full length movie catch that kid when he was 15 in High school Max took a class in acting an agent saw him in the class and urged him to do More with his acting Max did some modelling and acted in some Short films he later acted As Seth in the pacifier he plays Ned Nickerson in the movie Nancy Drew that is to come out later this year Max was born in los Altos Hills Calif he has a sister and a brother his family who now live in Occidental Calif have 19 pets including dogs cats donkeys horses and Llamas Max attends High school there he loves to surf play basketball fish and wrestle from my pane by Batty Debnam o 20o7 the mini Page company inc Toutt from Tom my by my Mem c my company inc women history try n month find words that remind us of women in politics Are hidden in the Block below some words Are hidden backward and diagonally and some letters Are used twice see if you can find women voters speaker House Constitution senator elect run democrats republicans party governor president politics country leadership representatives Rota nest i Sev i Watnes const i Tut Hoo snap i l y s l e t a r c o m e e b d p a d e r s h gov or Norv t i l o p e r p e r a r t y e i o n q s u p e r i b n e u d v t m n e o m e n n elect teachers guide this weeks standards students distinguish among local state and National governments and identify representative leaders at these Levels social studies Power authority and governance students understand the role of institutions in furthering both continuity and change social studies individuals groups and institutions activities 1 select a female comic strip character who you think might make a Good person to help make the Laws in this country paste the strip on a piece of paper then write a sentence telling Why you chose the character 2 find a newspaper Story about the us House of representatives or the us Senate paste the article on a piece of paper now Circle All the names of representatives or senators with a red Marker underline words that
