{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gianforte.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/president-signs-bill-name-post-office-after-jeannette-rankin", "President signs bill to name post office after Jeannette Rankin", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Greg Gianforte", "G000584", "gianforte.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law to namea Missoula post office in honor of Jeannette Rankin,the first woman elected to Congress, it was announced Thursday.\nRankinwas born near Missoula on June 11, 1880. She studied at the University of Montana, graduating in 1902 with a bachelor's of science degree in biology and was a social worker before becoming involved in the women's suffrage movement.\nRankin's advocacy work was instrumental in granting women the right to vote in Montana in 1914 and was significant in initiating legislation that eventually became the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting voting rights to women, according to a state House bill passed earlier this year to namea piece of Interstate 90 in Montana in her honor.\nShe was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916 and again in 1940. Rankin, a Republican, voted against the United States entering World War I and World War II, saying she could not vote for war.\nRankindied in 1973.There are statues in her honor in the state Capitol in Helena and in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.\nRep. Greg Gianforte, fellow Republican U.S. Sen.Steve Daines and Democratic Sen. Jon Tester celebrated Trump signing their bipartisan bill Dec. 13 that names the post office at 1100 W. Kent Ave. after Rankin.\nJeannette Rankin was a trailblazer for women's rights in America. It's my honor to recognize her and her lasting contributions to our country, Gianforte said.\nDaines saidRankin is a true source of inspiration to young women in Montana and across the country, and thanked the president.\nTester said Jeanette Rankin left a larger-than-life legacy, one that all Montanans should be proud of.\"\n\"Today we're enshrining into law a permanent reminder of her steadfast commitment to peace, her trailblazing path, and her dedication to what she believed in, he said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://gianforte.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/president-signs-bill-name-post-office-after-jeannette-rankin"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9554149582982063, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}