# Fierce Grace: Jeannette Rankin

The Library of Congress and Opera America co-present the world premiere of "Fierce Grace--Jeanette Rankin", a song cycle about the first woman elected to Congress. It was composed by Kitty Brazelton, Laura Kaminsky, Laura Karpman and Ellen Reid; Kimberly Reed, librettist. Used the Surrealist "exquisite corpse" method of creative collaboration, the song cycle relates Rankin's suffragism and pacifism. Program: introduction (00:24); Song #1 (10:15); Song #2 (19:02); Song #3 (30:14); Song #4 (39:39); Post-performance conversation (50:08).

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2017
- By: Library Of Congress. Music Division
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024696850/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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