“Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for President.”
She went on to make the case for a Clinton presidency at the Democratic National Convention. usat.ly/2adY8ig
She was the first woman to hold an elected position in the United States — mayor of Argonia, Kan. for 1887. She was a member of the Prohibition Party. (Graphic: MCT Graphics via Getty Images)
Jeannette Rankin
The first woman elected to Congress (R-Mont.) served twice. Once from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1941 to 1943. (Photo: AP)
Nellie Tayloe Ross
This Democrat from Wyoming was the first woman to serve as a state governor, from 1925 to 1927. (Photo: AP)
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Arkansas had the first woman elected to the Senate. Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway served from 1931 to 1945. (Photo: AP)
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first woman to a Cabinet position as Secretary of Labor in 1933. She served until 1945. (Photo: AP)
Shirley Chisholm
The first African-American woman elected to Congress served in the House from 1969 to 1983. (Photo: AP)
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court in 1981. She served until 2006. (Photo: John Duricka/AP)
Geraldine Ferraro
The first woman on a major-party ticket was Walter Mondale’s vice presidential nominee in the election of 1984.
Nancy Pelosi
The first woman to serve as the speaker of the House of Representatives began in 2007 and served until 2011. She is currently the House minority leader.
Tonight, Hillary Clinton will be the first woman to accept a major party nomination and become the Democratic presidential candidate. These are some of the women who came before her.
Our illustrator drew President Barack Obama after he handed the torch over to Hillary Clinton in his speech at the Democratic National Convention last night.
Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she had chosen Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine for the Democratic ticket in some ways was a parallel to Donald Trump’s choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last week: highly respected, well-liked and low key (OK, some say boring) politicians who have served both in statehouses as governor and in Washington as members of Congress.
“I have come here today not to talk about the past but to focus on the future. That future will be shaped more by what happens on November 8 in voting booths across our nation than by any other event in the world. I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president,” Bernie said.
“There are two things that I’m mindful of: One is that I’ve not seen a draft or a final version of the platform from the Democratic convention committee, and I think that will have a big bearing on how people mobilize,” DeRay Mckesson told Capital Download. “The second is that Congress just sat in, so it’ll be interesting to see how the DNC responds to people in protest, given that congressmen literally just sat in and they seemed to validate that.”
She was the first woman to hold an elected position in the United States — mayor of Argonia, Kan. for 1887. She was a member of the Prohibition Party. (Graphic: MCT Graphics via Getty Images)
Jeannette Rankin
The first woman elected to Congress (R-Mont.) served twice. Once from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1941 to 1943. (Photo: AP)
Nellie Tayloe Ross
This Democrat from Wyoming was the first woman to serve as a state governor, from 1925 to 1927. (Photo: AP)
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Arkansas had the first woman elected to the Senate. Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway served from 1931 to 1945. (Photo: AP)
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first woman to a Cabinet position as Secretary of Labor in 1933. She served until 1945. (Photo: AP)
Shirley Chisholm
The first African-American woman elected to Congress served in the House from 1969 to 1983. (Photo: AP)
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court in 1981. She served until 2006. (Photo: John Duricka/AP)
Geraldine Ferraro
The first woman on a major-party ticket was Walter Mondale’s vice presidential nominee in the election of 1984.
Nancy Pelosi
The first woman to serve as the speaker of the House of Representatives began in 2007 and served until 2011. She is currently the House minority leader.
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