Firsts for Women in United States Politics:
1848: Seneca Falls, New York held as a meeting place for the first women's rights convention in Unites States history. Leaders of the convention were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Meeting birthed the Declaration of Sentiments which called for womens suffrage, among other rights.
1866: Elizabeth Cady Stanton attempted to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, regardless of her ineligibility to vote.
1872: A stockbroker and publisher by the name of Victoria Woodhull ran for president on the United States on the Equal Rights Party ticket.
1887: As the first woman elected as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, Susanna Salter broke the barrier between women and holding local political office.
1894: Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly, and Frances Klock were elected into the Colorado House of Representatives. Broke the barrier between women and holding state legislature.
1896: The first woman state senator, Martha Hughes Cannon was elected out of Utah.
1917: The first woman ever elected to Congress was Jeannetta Rankin, a republican from Montana.
1920: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, allowing women to vote. This gave all females the opportunity to participate in politics. 1922: Georgia Democrat, Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first women to serve in the United States Senate.
1924: Lena Springs from South Carolina was the first women to receive votes for the Vice Presidential nomination.
1933: Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frances Perkins became the first women to serve in a presidential cabinet as the Secretary of Labor.
1963: Lorna Lockwood from Arizona became chief justice of a state supreme court, making her the first women to do so.
1968: The New York Democrat, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman th serve in Congress.
1972: Shirley Chisholm ran for president in the Democratic primaries. She was unable to obtain votes to become the Democratic candidate for president.
1977: Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African American woman to serve on a presidential cabinet. She held the position: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1981: President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman to ever sit on the United States Supreme Court.
1984: Geraldine A. Ferraro became the first woman to ever run on a major party's national ticket as a Vice Presidential running mate. The ticket only captures 13 electoral votes.
1990: Kansas Democrat Joan Finney was the first woman to ever beat out an incumbent governor.
1992: Carol Moseley Braun was the first African- American elected to the United States Senate.
1997: The first women to serve as United Stated Secretary of State was Madeleine K. Albright. 2001: Hilary Rodham Clinton was the first, First Lady, to be elected to the United States Senate.
2001: The first woman to hold the position of National Security Advisory was Condoleezza Rice.
2005: Condoleezza Rice was the first Republican, African America, woman, to serve as United States Secretary of State.
2005: Governor Christine Gregoire and Senator's Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell allowed Washington State to become the first to have both governor and two senators in office at the same time.
2008: Hilary Rodham Clinton became the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary.2008: Sarah Palin became the first woman to appeal as a vice-presidential candidate on a national GOP ticket.
1866: Elizabeth Cady Stanton attempted to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, regardless of her ineligibility to vote.
1872: A stockbroker and publisher by the name of Victoria Woodhull ran for president on the United States on the Equal Rights Party ticket.
1887: As the first woman elected as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, Susanna Salter broke the barrier between women and holding local political office.
1894: Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly, and Frances Klock were elected into the Colorado House of Representatives. Broke the barrier between women and holding state legislature.
1896: The first woman state senator, Martha Hughes Cannon was elected out of Utah.
1917: The first woman ever elected to Congress was Jeannetta Rankin, a republican from Montana.
1920: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, allowing women to vote. This gave all females the opportunity to participate in politics. 1922: Georgia Democrat, Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first women to serve in the United States Senate.
1924: Lena Springs from South Carolina was the first women to receive votes for the Vice Presidential nomination.
1933: Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frances Perkins became the first women to serve in a presidential cabinet as the Secretary of Labor.
1963: Lorna Lockwood from Arizona became chief justice of a state supreme court, making her the first women to do so.
1968: The New York Democrat, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman th serve in Congress.
1972: Shirley Chisholm ran for president in the Democratic primaries. She was unable to obtain votes to become the Democratic candidate for president.
1977: Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African American woman to serve on a presidential cabinet. She held the position: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1981: President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman to ever sit on the United States Supreme Court.
1984: Geraldine A. Ferraro became the first woman to ever run on a major party's national ticket as a Vice Presidential running mate. The ticket only captures 13 electoral votes.
1990: Kansas Democrat Joan Finney was the first woman to ever beat out an incumbent governor.
1992: Carol Moseley Braun was the first African- American elected to the United States Senate.
1997: The first women to serve as United Stated Secretary of State was Madeleine K. Albright. 2001: Hilary Rodham Clinton was the first, First Lady, to be elected to the United States Senate.
2001: The first woman to hold the position of National Security Advisory was Condoleezza Rice.
2005: Condoleezza Rice was the first Republican, African America, woman, to serve as United States Secretary of State.
2005: Governor Christine Gregoire and Senator's Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell allowed Washington State to become the first to have both governor and two senators in office at the same time.
2008: Hilary Rodham Clinton became the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary.2008: Sarah Palin became the first woman to appeal as a vice-presidential candidate on a national GOP ticket.
