Women’s Rights Are Human Rights: 15 Important Facts About American Women in Politics

2. Not JUST Hillary Clinton

There have actually been other women to run for president before Hilary Clinton. In 1872, long before women even had the right to vote, a woman named Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president of the United States. She ran as an independent and paved the way for many women who followed.

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3. Not Long Ago, Women Couldn’t Even Vote!

Women have only been allowed to vote since 1920, when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. It took 72 years of fighting for equal rights, and that same year the League of Women Voters was also formed to help encourage women to participate in politics and get educated about their political options.