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At a presidential debate at the University of Richmond, President George H. W. Bush was asked when his party might nominate a woman for president. Bush, noting that the women running that year were predominantly liberal Democrats, stated "This is supposed to be the year of the women in the Senate. Let's see how they do. I hope a lot of them ...
August 17: Delegates at the Green Party's National Convention vote to nominate Jill Stein as the party's presidential candidate and Dr. Butch Ware as the party's vice presidential candidate. [ 416 ] August 19–22 : The 2024 Democratic National Convention is held in Chicago , Illinois .
1870: The Utah Territory grants suffrage to women. [7]1870: The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is adopted. The amendment holds that neither the United States nor any State can deny the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude," leaving open the right of States to deny the right to vote on account of sex.
Below are important dates for this year's elections: Mississippi primary election voter registration deadline: Feb. 12 In-person absentee voting: March 2 through 9, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in local ...
After women gained the right to vote, the presence of women in Congress has gradually increased since 1920, with an especially steady increase from 1981. [citation needed] Today, women increasingly pursue politics as a career.
It includes a list of all women who have served in the Senate, a list of current female senators, and a list of states represented by women in the Senate. The first female U.S. senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton , represented Georgia for a single day in 1922, and the first woman elected to the Senate, Hattie Caraway , was elected from Arkansas in ...
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (December 2024) 2024 United States presidential election ← 2020 November 5, 2024 [a] 2028 → 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 63.9% ...
Laura Clay and Cora Wilson Stewart received one vote apiece at the 1920 Democratic National Convention on the 33rd and 36th ballots, respectively. They were the first women voted for as candidates for president at the national convention of a major American political party.