14 women you didn’t know ran for president
If you don't remember vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, then this chronological list may enlighten you.
2. Belva Ann Lockwood (1884)
Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917) was an American lawyer who was the first woman to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Lockwood was a leader in women's rights and was nominated for president by the National Equal rights party in 1884.
3. Gracie Allen (1940)
Gracie Allen's farcical run for president in 1940 earned her thousands of write-in votes, even after she dropped out of the election. Initially running as a joke, Allen was still a very popular candidate against the likes of eventual winner Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Campaigning under the Surprise Party platform, Allen, with husband George Burns, went on a whistle-stop tour of the U.S. In Hollywood, on Feb. 2, 1940, Allen "threw her hat into the ring" and proclaimed, "If the country's going Gracie, so can you."
4. Margaret Chase Smith (1964)
At the 1963 Republican National Convention, Sen. Smith was nominated for the presidency, the first time a woman was placed in nomination by a major party. She received 22 votes from 4 different states. She was also the first woman to become elected to both houses of Congress.
5. Shirley Chisholm (1972)
Rep. Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn kicks off her campaign at the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 25, 1972. Manhattan borough president Percy Sutton applauds at right. Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress.
6. Patsy Mink (1972)
Patsy Mink was the first woman elected to Congress for the state of Hawaii, and was also the first minority woman elected. While her 1972 campaign wasn't very popular, she fought for equal rights and ran in opposition to the Vietnam War. This photo shows a group portrait of female members of the 89th United States Congress, in 1965 when Mink was elected.
Group portrait of female members of the 89th United States Congress, Washington DC, 1965. Pictured are, seated from left, Senator Maurine Neuberger (1907 - 2000), Representative Frances Bolton (1885 - 1977), and Senator Margaret Chase Smith (1897 - 1995); standing, from left, Representatives Florence Dwyer (1902 - 1976), Martha Griffiths (1912 - 2003), Edith Green (1910 - 1987), Patsy Mink (1927 - 2002), Leonor Sullivan (1902 - 1988), Julia Hansen (1907 - 1968), Catherine May (1914 - 2004), Edna F Kelly (1906 - 1997), and Charlotte Reid (1913 - 2007).
7. Linda Jenness (1972)
Jenness received more than 80,000 votes, but was unable to be elected because she wasn't of the required legal age to run for president.
8. Geraldine Ferraro (1984)
Geraldine Ferraro and Walter Mondale campaign at the Democratic Convention circa 1984 in San Francisco. Ferraro made history as the first woman to appear as a candidate for vice president on a major party ticket.
9. Pat Schroeder (1988)
Pat Schroeder was a representative from Denver who served as the chair for presidential candidate Gary Hart. When Hart dropped out, Schroeder was encouraged to run. She dropped out shortly after in an emotional press conference in 1987.
12. Elizabeth Dole (2000)
Elizabeth Dole was encouraged to run after the popularity of her husband, Bob Dole, and she ran for the Republican nomination in 2000. She dropped out shortly after, as she ran out of funds to continue campaigning.
11. Carol Moseley Braun (2004)
Democratic former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley Braun was one of 10 candidates, and the only woman, competing for the presidential nomination of the party in the 2004 elections.
14. Jill Stein (2012, 2016)
Jill Stein smiles before announcing that she will seek the Green Party's presidential nomination, at the National Press Club in Washington on June 23, 2015. Stein also ran for president in 2012 on the Green Party ticket.
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