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The Rankins of Montana - Risk Takers, History Makers, American Dreamers (Paperback)
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The Rankins of Montana - Risk Takers, History Makers, American Dreamers (Paperback)
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This is the story of the Rankins, a family that embodied the risk
and ambition that transformed America. John Rankin arrived in the
West chasing the adventure of gold mining but soon turned to
ranching and building in the new town of Missoula. There he met
Olive Pickering, who had left New Hampshire in 1878 to become a
teacher and seek a husband on the American frontier. John and
Olive's children continued to demonstrate their parent's ambition
and nerve. Their son became one of the biggest landowners in the
country, one of the first personal injury lawyers, and a crusader
against railroads and mining. Jeannette became the first woman in a
national legislature, voted against two world wars and led marches
protesting the Vietnam War. As a dean, Harriet helped develop the
modern co-educational university. Edna traveled the world
advocating for birth control. The Rankins faced both national
adulation and condemnation for the choices they made. Their family
story concerns independence and education, activism, the boundaries
created by gender, religious choices, and the changing meaning of
the West.
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