A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin
One day a horse came galloping into the Rankins ranch yard Its shoulder bled from an ugly gash Jeannette sprang into action yelling to the ranch hands to hold the horse steady She used hot water to clean the wound then ice to freeze it Finally she sewed up the gash with needle and thread
Jeannette Rankin was a take charge girl
At home in Missoula she helped care for her younger brother and four younger sisters She rolled up her sleeves to cook for them sew their clothes and call the doctor when they were ill Most girls in 1900 planned to marry and raise children but Jeannette wanted a different life
She went to college and studied mountain snails But she couldn't see a future there She taught school That didn't suit her She tried sewing dresses and making hats That wasn't it either
