chasertiff:

jenniferrpovey:

the-real-eye-to-see:

Shirley Chisholm was the first! Remeber this!

Yeah, she is not the first woman to run for President.

She is the first woman to gain a major party nomination.

All of the other women, including Chisholm, who have fought to get into various offices have helped pave the way for her.

Recognize them.

I think it was Shirley Chisholm who nearly got the major party vote but they told her the time just wasn’t right and she tried to fight them.

The first recorded woman to run for president is Victoria Woodhull in 1872 who named Frederick Douglass as her VP. The story goes that he didn’t know he was running for Vice President until he saw the ballot. I doubt it’s true but he never did acknowledge his nomination nor campaign