Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress. Kevin S. Giles explores her life and times in his biography, “One Woman Against War: The Jeannette Rankin Story.”

This powerful biography by Kevin S. Giles explores the life and times of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the US Congress. As a lonely dissenter she committed to following the dictates of her conscience, regardless of political consequences. Daughter of Montana pioneers. Guardian of democracy. Crusader for human rights and decency. Rankin first became a social worker, then a suffragist, and finally a lifelong pacifist. History remembers her as the only American to cast votes against US involvement in two world wars. In private life, Rankin often revealed her loneliness as crusaders do. She was fearful Americans would misunderstand her intentions and forget her accomplishments. One Woman Against War: The Jeannette Rankin Story, is the new and expanded edition of the author’s original Rankin biography, Flight of the Dove: The Story of Jeannette Rankin.

¶ “Kevin Giles’ new biography of Jeannette Rankin is the most comprehensive of all biographies written about her. Giles’ research is astonishing, his journalist’s style keeps the fascinating, heartbreaking and inspiring story moving at the pace of a work of great fiction.” Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop, writer and actor

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“Best book written about Jeannette Rankin’ …

¶ “Kevin Giles’ ‘One Woman Against War’ is the best book written about Jeannette Rankin. I read all the books written about her for my own research project and I can say that Giles’ book is the most thorough, the most precise, the most detailed and the best written. He tells Rankin’s inspiring story with a fast-paced, story tellers’ narrative. Well worth reading.” Peter Aronson, New York, journalist, attorney and author

¶ ” ‘One Woman Against War,’ is a classic. Giles’ impeccable research and superb writing make this required reading for pacifists and women’s rights advocates. Rankin was a woman of the 20th and 21st centuries.” PJ Wright, book reviewer, Montana

 

What others said after Kevin S. Giles wrote his original Rankin biography:

¶ “Flight of the Dove is an excellent account of the life and times of one of America’s most dynamic and inspiring figures … Kevin Giles has done us all a great service by authoring this well-researched and eminently readable account of Jeannette Rankin’s life.”   Mike Mansfield, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Ambassador to Japan

¶ “As important to read about as the Roosevelts, the Kennedys, the Lincolns and the Bobby Lees … the book should not be overlooked or taken lightly.”   The Jackson Sun, Tennessee

¶ “An excellent book. I really enjoyed reading Jeannette’s story.”   Bill Yaeger, Intermountain Radio Network.

¶ “Doubtless this new Rankin biography will receive wide readership.”   The Missoulian, Missoula, Montana

¶ “A dramatic account.”  Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.

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Western Montana native Kevin S. Giles wrote the popular prison nonfiction work Jerry’s Riot, the coming-of-age novel Summer of the Black Chevy, and a biography of Montana congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, One Woman Against War, which is an expanded version of his earlier work, “Flight of the Dove.” His new novel, Headline: FIRE! is the third in the Red Maguire series. Masks, Mayhem and Murder is the second. The first is “Mystery of the Purple Roses.” More information is available at https://kevinsgiles.com.