The first major biography of Jeannette Rankin, written by historian Lorissa Rinehart , will be released on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

“Winning the Earthquake,” published by St. Martin’s Press, reintroduces Rankin, the Missoula native and national icon who defied all odds to be elected the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, said a news release about the new book.

In a video about the book, author Rinehart said in her research, she discovered Rankin would be “just as groundbreaking today as she was in her own time.”

The news release described Rinehart as a women’s historian, author and speaker whose debut book, “First To The Front,” won the acclaim of critics and readers. She is also the voice behind “The Female Body Politic” podcast.

“Born on a ranch in Montana, Jean

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