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Visitor's Gallery Pass
Bureau of Engraving and Printing1917-06-06
U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC, United States
Jeannette Rankin signed this gallery pass just two months after she became the first woman to serve in Congress. For many years, gallery passes were steel engravings like this one, featuring a personification of Liberty. She wears a liberty cap and holds the House Mace, the symbol of the institution’s authority. With Rankin's election, women moved from allegorical to actual presence in Congress. http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/29857
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- Title: Visitor's Gallery Pass
- Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Date Created: 1917-06-06
- Subject Keywords: Jeannette Rankin
- Rights: http://history.house.gov/About/Rights-and-Reproductions/, Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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