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Jeannette Rankin
Speeches
"Woman Suffrage" - Jan. 10, 1918
January 10, 1918
Mr. Speaker, we are facing today a question of political evolution. International circumstances have forced this question to an issue. Our country is in a state of war. The Nation has had a terrible shock. The result has been a sudden change in our national consciousness. The things we have for years been taking for granted are suddenly assuming a new significance for us. We as a Nation were born in a land of unparalleled resources, of vast acreage of fertile soil, of minerals, of coal, oil, gas, of timber, […]
Jeannette Rankin
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Remarks on Pearl Harbor - Dec. 8, 1942
December 8, 1942
JEANNETTE RANKIN: Mr. Speaker, we have been at war a year. During that time the American people have had abundant opportunity to take stock of the Nation’s situation and to raise a large number of pertinent questions, not out of any spirit of disunity but in a firm belief that the Nation’s welfare requires a vigilant exercise of the traditional American right of free inquiry. As a member of Congress who voted against the declaration of war on December 8, 1941, I wish to take advantage of this anniversary occasion […]
Mary McLeod Bethune
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate Address, Speeches
"A Philosophy of Education for Negro Girls" - 1920
January 1, 1920
For the past seventy years the Negro has experienced various degrees of freedom. That which was given him in the early years of emancipation was more genuine and perhaps more benign that than which today he must take. For today he must free himself by reason of his ability and by merit, and by whatever trust and confidence may be found in himself. A great deal of this new freedom rests upon the type of education which the Negro woman will receive. Early emancipation did not concern itself with giving […]
Jeannette Rankin
Speeches
"Until They Have the Power", Suffrage Day Speech - May 13, 1914
May 13, 1914
This is one of the grandest days that ever happened for women. All over the country women are asking for the vote and you know that what a woman asks for she usually gets. And we should have the ballot. We are a force in life, a factor which must be considered in all problems. You know that when you are working a problem in mathematics you must take account of every factor if you are to get the right answer. So it is with government; unless you take account […]
Margaret Chase Smith
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Westbrook Junior College - June 15, 1983
June 25, 1953
You young women are on the threshold of the finest years of your life. Make the best of those years, not only for yourselves but for your families, your friends, and your country as well. Make better use of those years than has the generation preceding you. Give the young women who follow you a heritage of peace instead of the world of suspicion, aggression, treason, character assassination and moral delinquency that has been thrust upon you by the older generation that has preceded you. Show them the way to […]
Shirley Chisholm
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
It is Time to Reassess Our National Priorities - March 26, 1969
March 26, 1969
I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, on the same Day President Nixon announced he had decided the United States will not be safe unless we start to build a defense system against missiles, the Headstart program in the District of Columbia was cut back for the lack of money. As a teacher, and as a woman, I do not think I will ever understand what kind of values can be involved in spending $9 billion — and more, I am sure — on elaborate, unnecessary and impractical weapons when several […]
Shirley Chisholm
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Congressional Address and Debate - June 12, 1918
June 12, 1918
Opening statement Miss Rankin: Mr. Chairman, I offer the following ammendment. The Clerk read as follows: Pag 19, line s, after the word "assistants," strike out the figures "$1,781,600" and insert "$2,039,118." Miss Rankin: Mr. Chairman, this appropriation has to do with the men and women working in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. When I came to Washington I heard many rumors about the unwholesome and unfair conditions in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Just about a year ago I was requestd to make an investigation of conditions […]
Kelly Ayotte
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Why She Should be the Next Governor of New Hampshire - Oct. 20, 2023
October 20, 2023
Hello, New Hampshire! I look out at this crowd and I know many of you and I just want to say this is pretty awesome to have all these presidential candidates here. And its just the greatness of our first in the nation primary. And we have something very special here in New Hampshire. And that's why I'm running for governor. Because I believe that if we do not win in 2024, that's it. We are one election away from becoming Massachusetts. And that's something that we never want to […]
Bethany Hall-Long
Speeches
Apply for ARPA Mental Health Services Fund - Jan. 7, 2022
January 7, 2022
Hi, I'm Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long. I hope you are doing really well during these difficult times. As a nurse and the chair of Delaware's Behavioral Health Consortium, I am really committed to making sure Delaware remains a leader in providing access to quality behavioral health services. We really want to help people. I want to remind you of an important opportunity to help support more mental health services here in our state. On December 1, Governor Carney and I announced the creation of the community based mental health services […]
Jeannette Rankin
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Congressional Address - 1918
January 10, 1918
Mr. Speaker, we are facing to-day a question of political evolution. International circumstances have forced this question to an issue. Our country is in a state of war. The Nation has had a terrible shock. The result has been a sudden change in our national consciousness. The things we have for years been taking for granted are suddenly assuming a new significance for us. We as a Nation were born in a land of unparalleled resources, of vast acreage of fertile soil, of minerals, of coal, oil, gas, of timber, […]