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Originally Posted by phma
Democrats believe that strong successful women should be screwed over. All the better if its by husband or second best any family member. It helps hold families together, they say, and consistent with their family values.
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Sure if you say so,
phma. In case anyone desires any
factual information regarding strong successful women who have been recognized, elevated and given equal standing at the table of politics by the Democrats here is a sampling...by no means a complete list of accomplished female D politicians. Don't miss the inclusiveness of women of color as a consistent D virtue as well. Again not a complete list, just a few facts
1896
Martha Hughes Cannon (D) was elected to the Utah State Senate, becoming the first woman state senator in the country.
1923
Soledad Chacon (D) was elected Secretary of State in New Mexico, the first Latina and first woman of color to hold a statewide elected executive office.
1924
Lena Springs of South Carolina chaired the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention and received several votes for the Vice Presidential nomination.
1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross, a Wyoming Democrat, became the nation's first woman governor, elected to replace her deceased husband. She served for two years. Later, she became vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and director of the U.S. Mint. At the 1928 Democratic National Convention, she received 31 votes on the first ballot for Vice President.
1932
Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-AR), appointed in 1931 to fill a vacancy caused by her husband's death, ran for a full term and became the first woman elected to the Senate, where she served two full terms. She was the first woman to chair a Senate committee – the Committee on Enrolled Bills, a minor post.
1933
Appointed by Franklin Roosevelt (D) as Secretary of Labor,
Frances Perkins became the first woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet. She served until 1945.
1968
Shirley Chisholm, a New York Democrat, became the first Black woman to serve in Congress. She remained in the House of Representatives until 1982.
1972
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm ran for president in the Democratic primaries. At the party's national convention, she garnered 151.25 delegate votes before Senator George McGovern clinched the nomination. At the same convention, Frances (Sissy) Farenthold, a former Texas state legislator who twice ran for governor of that state, finished second in the balloting for the Vice Presidential nomination, receiving more than 400 votes.
1972
Jean Westwood was named by presidential nominee George McGovern to chair the Democratic National Committee. The first woman to hold that position, she served until just after the election, when she was replaced by Robert Strauss.
1977
Patricia Roberts Harris was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during 1977-1979. From 1979-1981, she served as Secretary of Health and Human Services. She was the first Black woman to serve in a presidential cabinet and the first woman to hold two different cabinet positions
1979
Velvalea "Vel" Phillips (D) was elected Wisconsin's Secretary of State, the first Black woman to hold a statewide elected executive office.
1980 For the first time, a national party's nominating convention delegates included equal numbers of men and women. At its convention in New York, the
Democratic party also added to its charter a requirement that future conventions have equal numbers of female and male delegates.
1984 Third-term
Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-NY), secretary of the House Democratic Caucus, became the first woman ever to run on a major party's national ticket when she was selected by Walter F. Mondale as his Vice Presidential running mate.
1993
Appointed by President Clinton (D) Janet Reno became the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General. She served in President Bill Clinton's cabinet from 1993-2001
1997
President Clinton (D) appointed Madeleine K. Albright, as the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State, serving from 1997-2001. She became the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. government
2001
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from New York, the only First Lady ever elected to public office.
2007
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House.
2008
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) was the first woman to win a major party's presidential primary for the purposes of delegate selection when she won the primary in New Hampshire on January 8. She also became the first woman to be a presidential candidate in every primary and caucus in every state.
Bonus Questions to the above poster: Did a woman run for president on a D ticket in 20016? Did a woman in D party become Speaker of the House in a repeat performance in 2018?
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