NY Daily News: Hillary Clinton is not the first female presidential nominee — not even close

[Quixote1818]

First woman president of the US (which is looking likely) will certainly be an incredible millstone but lets not forget these women:


BY
Adam Shrier

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, June 8, 2016, 4:56 PM

Hillary is the biggest — but she’s not the first.

Many news outlets reported that Hillary Clinton’s clinch of the Democratic nomination made her the first woman to head a national ticket.

Not even close.

Clinton is merely the first woman to earn a major party nod — but she follows these party standard-bearers who also tried to break the ultimate glass ceiling:



1872: Equal Rights Party, Victoria Woodhull


Nearly 50 years before women earned the right to vote, Victoria Woodhull headlined a progressive all-star ticket, running with former slave and abolitionist leader Fredrick Douglass. Woodhull's agenda was well ahead of the Reconstructionist times; the newspaper editor turned Presidential nominee championed suffrage, civil rights and free love — which is a radical threesome.

1888: Equal Rights Party, Belva Lockwood

More: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-not-female-presidential-nominee-article-1.2666318

[leftynyc]

1. Bog course she is not the first, Dr. stein has run before.

But she's the first from a major party who actually has a chance to win.

[Florencenj2point0]

9. exactly

and that is what EVERYONE has said. The people bitterly trying to take that from her are just ridiculous.

[NCTraveler]

18. It's pretty obvious what they are doing. Nt

[Hekate]

2. HRC is the first nominated from a major political party, not the first to run. Shirley Chisholm ran

... as a Democrat, for instance, but she did it to make a point, and never made it very far in the primary process. She was not nominated.

[baldguy]

3. No one is claiming she was.

And as Hillary herself has pointed out.

[NCTraveler]

4. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512114391

Clinton is the first to be nominated by a major party with a real shot at the WH.

[PADemD]

5. Margaret Chase Smith, first woman nominated by a major party.

The article missed Margaret Chase Smith, who was nominated in 1964 by the Republican Party.

[NCTraveler]

7. Her name was placed for nomination.

I don't recall reading she won the nomination.

"She lost every single primary election, but did manage to win 25% of the vote in Illinois.[11] At the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco, she became the first woman to have her name be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major political party's convention.[2] She placed fifth in the initial balloting, and denied unanimous consent for Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona after refusing to withdraw her name from the final ballot.[20] She nevertheless campaigned for Goldwater in the general election, appearing in a television ad in which she defended his position on Social Security.[28]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith

[morningfog]

6. You have a pretty unfortunate typo in your first sentence.

A woman president would be a milestone, not a millstone.

[Florencenj2point0]

10. lol, good catch

[SwampG8r]

11. Considering who we are about to nominate it seems apropos.

[Scuba]

14. Unfortunate? Or Freudian?

[Mike Nelson]

8. It was always clear...

...perfectly clear, to me, Hillary was the first female from one of the major US political parties. Not sure if this is an informative article, or one which implicitly and incorrectly portrays another Hillary Clinton "LIE" - I suspect it's the latter. FOX and "conservative" news outlets are again trying to put a negative spin on a positive Hillary Clinton story.

[no_hypocrisy]

12. I voted in 1984 for a woman named Sonia Johnson who was ex-communicated from the Mormons.

I knew Reagan was going to be re-elected anyway . . . . . She was part of the Citizens Party.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Johnson

[Happyhippychick]

13. Yeah, I think we all knew that.

And it doesn't make a bit of difference in the joy I feel.

[Demsrule86]

15. Total crap

She is the first woman to run on a major party ticket. 'Dr' Stein is a member of the green traitor party...spoilers. She has no chance and celebrates when she cause Democrats to lose. So you can post this nonsense all you want...we have never come close to having a woman president...she is the first and I am with her.

[Recursion]

16. "Free love" at the time meant no-fault divorce

In case anybody was wondering...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Vladimir Lenin told Alexandra Kollantai free love was like drinking water from a dirty glass.

[seabeyond]

19. I have consistently heard, first woman of two major parties. But, hey, argue something no one said.

[NCTraveler]

20. The propaganda, deception, and outright dishonesty....

From the op through to the replies are horrendous.

Transparency.

[betsuni]

21. News says she's the first presumptive nominee of any major party. Duh.

"Incredible millstone" .... Why don't people proofread their posts?

[LexVegas]

22. Let's see how we can diminish HRCs historic accomplishment.

[sufrommich]

24. This. So obvious and bitter.nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. +1

[seabeyond]

29. Yes. Everyone, I mean literally everyone, has been concise in saying, first in two major party.

Simply about dismissing another accomplishment of Clinton. And how petty and obvious they are.

[artyteacher]

23. major party

Idiots.

[jzodda]

25. Yeah but none of the others WON

They blazed the path and should be remembered for it. Rachael did a good segment on this last night.

I learned for the first time about the 1964 Rep primary.

HRC though has risen to the pinnacle. I am proud of her and of my party for doing so.

[Tarc]

27. "first female presidential nominee of a legitimate political party"

Not current 3rd-party fringers or ancient minor parties, is the point.

Nice Ny Daily News parroting though.

[floppyboo]

28. Thanks for posting. Great look at the history of women in politics and the courage to stand up!

Especially found it interesting that a woman would be able to run before they even had the vote!

I choose to look at this as an educational moment. Ignore the temptation to look at everything as an attack. So tiresome. Yes, I get it, it can be presented as a not-so-honest spin, especially as Stein may be on the debate stage with her for the GE - but America is for all intents and purposes a 2 party system.

[Herman4747]

30. Wow!! A Female leader of a democratic country. That's not been done before...

Oh, wait a second...

[MineralMan]

31. Major Party. She has used that limiter in every speech.

We should all use it, since that's what matters. Minor party candidates never have a chance of being elected. Democratic Party candidates do. A great chance.

There's no conflict in what she and others have said. She is the first woman nominated for President by a major party. That has always been the claim. That covers it.

[KingFlorez]

32. Flop parties don't count

Plenty of flop parties have had firsts, but what counts is the fact that a major party finally nominated a woman.