What:‎ Hot conditions with high temperatures up to 85 to 90 degrees and low temperatures down to 60 to 65 degrees are expected. This will pose a moderate risk of heat-related illness.

Where:‎ Foothills and Valleys of the North Cascades, Eastside, Foothills and Valleys of Central King County, Foothills and Valleys of Pierce and Southern King Counties, Foothills and Valleys of Snohomish and Northern King Counties, and Foothills and Valleys of Thurston and Lewis Counties.

When:‎ From 11 AM Sunday to 5 AM PDT Tuesday.

Impacts:‎ Heat will significantly increase the risk of heat-related illnesses for those who are sensitive to heat, especially those without effective cooling or adequate hydration.

Summary:‎ Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances. Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear lightweight and loose-fitting clothing when possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. For sheltering information and other human services in your area, dial 2 1 1 during business hours or visit wa211.org anytime.

Issued By:‎ NWS Seattle WA

Born in 1880, near Missoula, Montana Territory, Rankin was the eldest of seven children to Olive (née Pickering) and John Rankin, a Scottish-Canadian immigrant and mill owner. She grew up on her family’s ranch, working alongside men in farming, building, and ranching, which instilled in her a belief in gender equality and mutual dependence National Women’s History Museum. Her father’s engineering and real estate success provided her with both privilege and opportunity.

Education and Early Activism

Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902 with a degree in biology. She later attended the University of Washington and the New York School of Philanthropy (later Columbia University’s School of Social Work).  She became active in the women’s suffrage movement, organizing campaigns in Montana, Washington, and California, and was instrumental in securing women’s suffrage in Montana in 1914

and Legacy

Rankin was a champion of women’s rights, civil liberties, and peace. She helped found the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920 and served as its vice president, according to Wikipedia. A staunch pacifist, she opposed U.S. military interventions in both world wars and in 1968 considered running for a third term against the Vietnam War. National Women’s History Museum.

Death and Burial

She died on May 18, 1973, in Carmel, California, at age 92, and was buried in Missoula Cemetery, Montana, FamilySearch.org.

Significance: Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana and the last member to vote against a U.S. declaration of war, according to Wikipedia. Her life exemplifies early 20th-century activism, bridging social reform, women’s suffrage, and anti-war advocacy.

Source: internet, New Yorker, Britannica, Wiki, home.nps.gov

Two African-American students were going to be enrolled at the University under a Federal Court order.

In June 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace refused to allow two black students to enter the University of Alabama forcing President Kennedy to use the National Guard to ensure the safety of the students. On June 11, President Kennedy made the decision to give a televised evening speech announcing his civil rights bill proposal.

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the first woman ever elected to Congress, takes her seat in the U.S. Capitol as a representative from Montana.

Born on a ranch near Missoula, Montana Territory, in 1880, Rankin was a social worker in the states of Montana and Washington before joining the women’s suffrage movement in 1910. Working with various suffrage groups, she campaigned for the women’s vote on a national level and in 1914 was instrumental in the passage of suffrage legislation in Montana. Two years later, she successfully ran for Congress in Montana on a progressive Republican platform calling for total women’s suffrage, legislation protecting children, and U.S. neutrality in the European war. Following her election as a representative, Rankin’s entrance into Congress was delayed for a month as congressmen discussed whether a woman should be admitted into the House of Representatives.

READ MORE: 7 Things You May Not Know About Jeannette Rankin 

BY RYAN M. JONES

June 11, 1963 was a sweaty and humid day. The weather fit the climate of tension around Tuscaloosa, Alabama and throughout the state. For months, the University of Alabama was on edge and judgment had finally arrived. Two African-American students were going to be enrolled at the University under a Federal Court order.

 

The last time that happened, President John F. Kennedy was forced to send in 500 Federal Marshals to ensure the protection of James Meredith, who was attempting to integrate the University of Mississippi. Twenty-eight marshals received gunshot wounds. Two men were killed. Governor Ross Barnett attempted to deny Meredith admittance. Kennedy overruled and Meredith was enrolled.

 

The eyes of the nation were now on Tuscaloosa and Alabama Governor, George Wallace. Wallace had just been inaugurated on January 14, where he declared the intolerable proclamation: “I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.”

 

This was Alabama 1963, where months later, the presence of Dr. Martin Luther King calling out for morality of man from a Birmingham jail and children are senselessly attacked by the order of Bull Connor’s fire hoses and police dogs. The two students, James Hood and Vivian Malone arrived at Foster’s Auditorium. Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach was met in the doorway by Governor Wallace, who claimed he was there to uphold the heritage of the South and the state of Alabama.

 

JFK got word of Wallace’s best response of brinkmanship and federalized the Alabama National Guard. The two enrolled and Tuscaloosa remained quiet. Kennedy could relax for a few hours. He too, was about to change history.

 

The President ignored his closest advisors on when to go public about Civil Rights. He and his brother Bobby, the Attorney General shared a moderate view on Civil Rights. Eliminate the violence, avoid open support. The violent images of Birmingham resonated with him. He was going on national television for 15 minutes. The nation listened as the 35^th president of the United States spoke out on peaking civil rights movement and race relations, itself as a moral issue. He also announced he would ask Congress to pass a Civil Rights bill that would entirely end the era of Jim Crow. This speech came exactly one century after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

 

One thousand miles south, a man is driving home to his wife and three small children after a civil rights rally and hears the President’s speech on his radio. It is almost midnight.

 

It had been nine years since Medgar Evers accepted the position of field secretary for the NAACP in Mississippi. Organizing boycotts and investigating murders throughout the state made him a target of white segregationists overnight. He reached his driveway shortly after midnight after feeling overjoyed by the President’s speech. He was physically tired. Because of so many death threats, he trained himself to get out of the car on the passenger side door. He forgot on this night. Carrying t-shirts that said “Jim Crow Must Go,” a missile tore into his back and exited out of his chest, going through the front window, landing on the kitchen counter. The World War II veteran pulled his way up into his garage. His young wife Myrlie and children found him lying in a pool of blood. His eyes met hers and stated “Sit me up, turn me loose.” He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

 

June 11, 1963, was the height of the American civil rights movement. The next night, people woke up to the news of the first political assassination of the decade. The President’s courage might have caused him the election of 1964 (which he never saw because of his tragic assassination in Dallas that November) and George Wallace, the most outspoken Governor of his time was neutralized to the entire globe.

 

The iconic March on Washington picked up where June 11 left off. Two hundred fifty thousand Americans of all races celebrated the proposed Civil Rights bill and mourned the death of a civil rights hero. Sixty-two years later, we reflect to that pastime and remember those historical giants as the story for freedom, justice and equality continues.