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August 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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On this day in 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for President of the United States. It was more sensational than substantive.

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Woodhull was not yet 35 and, according to the Constitution, not eligible to serve as President. She was a suffragist and ran as a candidate for the Equal Rights Party. Woodhull chose the writer, orator, and former slave Frederick Douglass as her vice presidential candidate – though Douglass was unaware of this. Victoria Claflin Woodhull, circa 1870 Photo credit: Matthew Brady Source: The Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, by way of the Smithsonian Instituion exhibition Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
May 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM