Jeanette Rankin was born on a ranch in Montana£¬USA in 1882. In those days£¬Montana was still a frontier state£¬and life there was hard. Men and women shared the difficult outdoor work. But young Jeanette noticed men and women were not equal in many ways. For instance£¬ at election time£¬ women were not allowed to vote. Jeanette thought this was not fair£¬ and several years later£¬ after graduating from college£¬ she realized how to help change the situation.