For those who do not know it, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to make a bid for the United States presidency. In actuality, there have been 11 black women who stepped into the spotlight first.
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She was the first woman to hold an elected position in the United States — mayor of Argonia, Kan. for 1887. She was a member of the Prohibition Party. (Graphic: MCT Graphics via Getty Images)
Jeannette Rankin
The first woman elected to Congress (R-Mont.) served twice. Once from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1941 to 1943. (Photo: AP)
Nellie Tayloe Ross
This Democrat from Wyoming was the first woman to serve as a state governor, from 1925 to 1927. (Photo: AP)
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Arkansas had the first woman elected to the Senate. Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway served from 1931 to 1945. (Photo: AP)
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first woman to a Cabinet position as Secretary of Labor in 1933. She served until 1945. (Photo: AP)
Shirley Chisholm
The first African-American woman elected to Congress served in the House from 1969 to 1983. (Photo: AP)
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court in 1981. She served until 2006. (Photo: John Duricka/AP)
Geraldine Ferraro
The first woman on a major-party ticket was Walter Mondale’s vice presidential nominee in the election of 1984.
Nancy Pelosi
The first woman to serve as the speaker of the House of Representatives began in 2007 and served until 2011. She is currently the House minority leader.
