Years ago I went to a pre-production fund raiser for 'A Single Woman'
The bulk of the film was still in the green screen stage. I should put it on my netflix queue so I can see it with the blanks filled in.
Rankin was an interesting woman. She was the first female Congressman, elected before women could vote. That put her in the unique position of being the only woman to have voted to give women the right to vote.
She was one of 56 who voted against the US entry into WWI and the only congresscritter to vote against declaring war on Japan in WWII.
Now there would have been a good first female president... Right or wrong she didn't need a focus group to know which way the wind was blowing.