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Hazel J. Harper was the first female president of the National Dental Association. [225] [226] Janet Rosenberg Jagan was the first American woman elected as a head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of a nation's armed forces, taking the role of the President of the Co‑operative Republic of Guyana. [227] 1998
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Women presidents in North America. It includes Women presidents in North America that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Jo Jorgensen was the Libertarian nominee for president in 2020. She is the first woman to be nominated for president by that party. Jorgensen's 1.9 million votes represent the second-highest total for a female presidential candidate. Harris was subsequently the 2020 Democratic vice presidential candidate.
Victoria C. Woodhull: First Woman to Run for President", The Women's Quarterly (Fall 1988) Victoria Woodhull, Topics in Chronicling America, Library of Congress "A lecture on constitutional equality," delivered at Lincoln hall, Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 16, 1871, by Victoria C. Woodhul, American Memory, Library of Congress
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva —appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
Category listing female national presidents in North America. In the border regions of the continent there may be instances of transcontinental countries. Subcategories
It includes Women presidents that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category lists the first women presidents of their respective countries. Equivalent positions of non-royal heads of state are also included (for example, chairperson).
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]