Historical Marker
Philipsburg Historic District
Historical marker location:
102 South Sansome Street, Philipsburg, Montana
( Marker is at the intersection of East Broadway Street and South Sansome Street, on the right when traveling east on East Broadway Street.)
Montana was the first state to elect a woman to Congress, Jeannette Rankin, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. She was a pacifist and voted against the entry of the United States into both World War I and World War II.