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Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress
Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress
Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…
Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women
White House, INSPIRE Women Act
White House, INSPIRE Women Act, Wikimedia Commons, 2/28/2017
The Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers Act (H.R. 321), or INSPIRE Women Act, was introduced by Representative…
Tags: Congress, Education, Legislation, Science, Women
Underwood & Underwood (Publishers), Everybody's doing it. Doing what? Paying taxes, of course, 1920s
The Senate Finance Committee , United States Senate Committee on Finance, 1789 -
The Senate Finance Committee , United States Senate Committee on Finance, 1789 -, The Senate Finance Committee , First photo - 1932-8 Second photo - 2016
During the Senate’s first 27 years (1789-1816), it had no standing committees. The early Senate was a small body. It conducted its work through…
Tags: Congress, Health, Senate Finance Committee, Tax, Trade, US Senate
Nevada State Education Association, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act
Nevada State Education Association, Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act, Nevada State Education Association, Unknown
The Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act (H.R. 276) was a piece of legislature, sponsored by Representative Dina Titus of…
Tags: Act, Bill, Congress, Education, House of Representatives, Law, Legislation
Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879
Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879, Library of Congress, Between 1865 and 1880
Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1832-1887. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives,…
Tags: African-American, Congress, House of Representatives, Joseph Hayne Rainey, Reconstruction Era
Harris & Ewing, photographer, Congress, Wilson before War Tax Message, 1914
Harris & Ewing, photographer, Congress, Wilson before War Tax Message, 1914, Library of Congress, 1914
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Tags: 1914, Congress, War, War Tax, Woodrow Wilson, World War I
Harris & Ewing, 1940- Margaret Chase Smith, First Woman to Serve in Both Houses of Congress
Harris & Ewing, 1940- Margaret Chase Smith, First Woman to Serve in Both Houses of Congress, Library of Congress, 1940
Margaret Chase Smith follows in husband's footsteps. Washington, D.C., June 10. Margaret Chase Smith, wife of the late Rep. Clyde Smith, Republican,…
Tags: Congress, House, Margaret Chase Smith, Representatives, Senator
Harris & Ewing, Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act
Harris & Ewing, Congressman T. Frank Appleby, Oil Polution Act, Library of Congress, 1905-1945
In 1921, Congressman T. Frank Appleby introduced a bill designed to limit oil pollution, a piece of legislation that would eventually become the 1924…
Tags: Anti-Pollution, Congress, Oil Dumping, Oil Pollution, T. Frank Appleby, Wildlife
GAO, Government Accountabiltiy Office (GAO)
GAO, Government Accountabiltiy Office (GAO), GAO, 1921
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional…
Tags: Accountability, Congress, Efficiency, GAO, Government Accountability Office, Oversight, Watchdog