1981 Death Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st U.S. woman free balloon pilot, dies 1973 Death Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92 1917 Event Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives 1916 Event Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, elected 1st woman Representative 1895 Birthday Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest 1880 Birthday Jeannette Rankin, born in Missoula, Montana, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, becomes 1st female member of Congress 1880 Birthday Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to U.S. Congress, Rep-Montana 1880 Death Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, 1st female member of Congress, died at age 92 from natural causes
