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Winning the Earthquake

How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
By Lorissa Rinehart
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ISBN: 9781250353047

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 December 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: St Martin's Press

Illustration: 1 16-page BW insert

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 154.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Cultural critic and historian LORISSA RINEHART writes about art, war, politics, and the places where these discourses intersect. Her writing has recently appeared in Hyperallergic, Perfect Strangers, and Narratively, among other publications. She holds an MA from NYU in Experimental Humanities and a BA in Literature from UC Santa Cruz.

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