Rankin Ranch

Infobox_nrhp | name =Rankin Ranch
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Avalanche Gulch, Montana
locmapin = Montana
area = 90 acres
built =1923
architect= Flouree,Dan
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= May 11, 1976cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1630&ResourceType=District
title=Rankin Ranch |accessdate=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = May 11, 1976cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=76001119

Rankin Ranch was the home of Jeanette Rankin, whose 1916 election to the United States House of Representatives made her the first woman elected to the House. Her legacy includes a penchant for pacifism, women's rights, and social reform. She served another term from 1941-1943 when she was the only member of the House to oppose the declaration of war against Japan in 1941.

The site was declared a National Historic Landmark and thereby added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76001119.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Jeanette Rankin Residence / Wellington D. Rankin Ranch] |415 KB|date=December, 1975 |author=George R. Adams |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001119.pdf Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1975.] |1.12 MB]

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