Jeannette Rankin: first Congresswoman of the United States of America

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Saturday March 07, 2009 · 8:26 AM PST

2009/03/07 · 08:26

The book, Jeannette Rankin: America’s Conscience, by Norma Smith, is wisely titled. It is agonizingly clear that Jeannette Rankin’s conscience is missing in today’s political and socio-economic climate – in the overtly political, certainly, but also in the personal, the private and the intimate. Our choices are forever linked to their consequences and to the ripples that affect others in myriad ways.

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Is there an equivalent to Jeannette Rankin in modern day politics?

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Is there an equivalent to Jeannette Rankin in modern day politics?

Yes

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9 votes

Yes, but not in the United States

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No, the climate has changed too much

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An Open Letter to the Peace/Anti-War Community

Jeanmarie Simpson

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Saturday February 21, 2009 · 8:46 AM PST

2009/02/21 · 08:46

My dear compatriots.

As I embark on a new project, Coming In Hot, that illuminates the perspectives of women who have served in the military since Vietnam, I find myself in the midst of a new and oddly prickly controversy.

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Peace Activism?

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Peace Activism?

Peace Activists are Saints

7 votes

Peace Activists Work Hard (I wish I had time to be one.)

5 votes

Peace Activists are Complex Human Beings, Like the Rest of Us

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Peace Activists are Well Intentioned, but Misunderstood

3 votes

Peace Activists are IDIOTS

6 votes

Peace Activists are Unpatriotic

1 vote

Peace Activists are Traitors

3 votes

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