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- Women Rulers, Queens, He...
Women in Politics: 2012-2013 Transitions
Women who are coming and going after the 2012 elections: women in Congress and women governors.
Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics
A book review of Mart Martin's book on women and minorities in American politics.
Campaign to Get Women to Run for Office
One feminist goal during the 1960s was to get women to run for office. Read about the NOW task force that called for a campaign to get women to run for office and claim their political rights.
Who was the first woman Supreme Court justice?
Who was the first woman Supreme Court justice in the United States? She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Women Who Ran for President
While Hillary Clinton's 2008 run for the Democratic nomination came closest any woman has come to winning the nomination of a major political party in the United States, Clinton is not the first woman to run for president, and not even the first to run from a major party. Here's a list of the female presidential candidates I've been able to...
Who was the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party?
Who was the first woman nominated as a vice presidential candidate by a major American political party? She was nominated in 1984.
Florence Ellinwood Allen
Florence Ellinwood Allen was a pioneer woman judge, even being considered for the US Supreme Court in the 1930s.
Katherine Edson
Katherine Edson biography: California and federal public official, women's rights activist, and social reformer.
Sonia Sotomayor
Read about Sonia Sotomayor, first Hispanic justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
A Few Good Women: Advancing the Cause of Women in Government
Information from a Special Collection housed at Penn State, this website includes biographies, a timeline, and a Grade 6-12 curriculum on women in government.