Tuesday, February 20, 2007
surfing "finds"
While looking for information about Jeannette Rankin I found other stuff that was also interesting.
First, Jeannette Rankin is a feminist pacifist who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in 1916(?) (Not completely sure of the date) from Montana (also surprising-for some reason I would have expected some eastern state). I do know she was the first woman. She was also one of a few who voted against the US entering WWI.
This position was not viewed kindly and so she was not re-elected.
But then a few decades later she once again ran and won in 1939(?) (not sure of this date either). But this time she was the ONLY representative to vote against the US going to war against the Japanese in 1941. She stayed completely true to her pacifist position. A very courageous woman.
I learned that a play has been written about her in 2004. "A Single Woman"
The play has been performed in numerous places in the West including Blue Lake California.
Blue Lake is a tiny town near Arcata.
Arcata is a small town in Humboldt county.
The nearby county seat of Humboldt county is Eureka.
Eureka is almost twice as big as Arcata (26,000 vs 14,000).
Neither of them are very big.
An interesting fact about Arcata is that it is a university town with the northernmost Cal State university.
The student body of CalState Humboldt is 7500 so 1/2 the population of Arcata is made up of university students.
This means that the town of Arcata is politically rather liberal in complete opposition to the very conservative Eureka.
Oh what crazy thoughts we think when first we follow every link!
First, Jeannette Rankin is a feminist pacifist who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in 1916(?) (Not completely sure of the date) from Montana (also surprising-for some reason I would have expected some eastern state). I do know she was the first woman. She was also one of a few who voted against the US entering WWI.
This position was not viewed kindly and so she was not re-elected.
But then a few decades later she once again ran and won in 1939(?) (not sure of this date either). But this time she was the ONLY representative to vote against the US going to war against the Japanese in 1941. She stayed completely true to her pacifist position. A very courageous woman.
I learned that a play has been written about her in 2004. "A Single Woman"
The play has been performed in numerous places in the West including Blue Lake California.
Blue Lake is a tiny town near Arcata.
Arcata is a small town in Humboldt county.
The nearby county seat of Humboldt county is Eureka.
Eureka is almost twice as big as Arcata (26,000 vs 14,000).
Neither of them are very big.
An interesting fact about Arcata is that it is a university town with the northernmost Cal State university.
The student body of CalState Humboldt is 7500 so 1/2 the population of Arcata is made up of university students.
This means that the town of Arcata is politically rather liberal in complete opposition to the very conservative Eureka.
Oh what crazy thoughts we think when first we follow every link!
# posted by blue-foot Sue @ 8:32 AM 
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