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6.6% of the nation

This is not a thread about the pros and cons of 3rd-party candidates. This is just to say that Woodrow Wilson became President of the United States…

Presidential candidates, part I

Lots of talk this week about women running for President. It’s been something girls do since 1872. The Constitution says you have to be 35 and a…

Presidential candidates, part II

Presidential Candidates, Part II. 1884 was a general election year - but the major parties refused to include women’s suffrage in their platforms. Fed…

Presidential candidates, part III

Presidential Candidates Part III: post-19th Amendment Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was the first woman to run for President on a major party…

Presidential candidates, part IV

Presidential Candidates IV: Unbought & unbossed Until Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, women presidential candidates barely did better than…

Presidential candidates, part V

Mink's House bio has the answer: in Oregon only, as an anti-war protest candidate. Chisholm ran a full-fledged campaign all the way to the convention,…

Senator Warren drops out

No US woman could vote, except some in New Jersey, in: 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794…

Shirley Chisholm could have won

The 1972 election was the most recent big expansion of voting rights: the age had just been lowered to 18, old enough to be drafted to Vietnam. I…

Supreme Court facts

If you’ve heard of Belva Lockwood, it’s likely b/c she was the 1st woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court, in 1880. First, she spent 5 years…

The top rung of the ladder

Elmer Bushnell drew this ladder in August 1920. At the top is the Presidency. We will get there. Victoria Woodhull announced in 1872; in 1884 Belva…