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DESCRIPTION:On International Women's Day, please join us for the Peninsula premiere of: 
 \n\nA Single Woman: The Story of Jeannette Rankin\n\nA Single Woman is the 
 story of the first U.S. Congresswoman, the cofounder of the American Civil 
 Liberties Union, and a lifelong pacifist, Jeannette Rankin. Rankin’s 
 humble beginnings in Montana during the era of the Indian Wars awakened her 
 deeply pacifist nature.  She ran for Congress in 1916 and won, against all 
 odds. The subject of her first vote -- against President Wilson’s WWI war 
 resolution -- set the stage for her destiny. Most of the Suffragists who 
 had supported her campaign turned against her, believing that her anti-war 
 vote made women look weak and hurt the movement. \n\nIn 1940, Jeannette was 
 re-elected as Congresswoman from Montana on a peace platform and once again 
 voted against a world war, this time as the lone anti-war voice in the U.S. 
 Legislature. She was mobbed and vilified, and spent the rest of her life 
 traveling to India and studying the teachings and methods of Mohandas 
 Gandhi and the effects of colonialism on peoples all over the world. 
 \n\nWritten by and starring Jeanmarie Simpson as Jeanette Rankin ~ Narrated 
 by Martin Sheen and Judd Nelson ~ Featuring the music of Joni 
 Mitchell\n\nRefreshments will be served. Discussion to follow the film. 
 \n\nFree ~ Donations will be requested.  Proudly presented by: Peninsula 
 Peace and Justice Center, Women's International League for Peace and 
 Freedom - Peninsula Branch, American Civil Liberties Union - Mid-Peninsula 
 Chapter, The Humanist Community in Silicon Valley, and Action Council of 
 Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/19/18572008.php
SUMMARY:Film - A Single Woman: The Story of Jeannette Rankin
LOCATION:Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church\n1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto 
 \n(Wheelchair accessible)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/19/18572008.php
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