USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

[SOURCES]
Who was the first woman to run for U.S. president?

(A) Hillary Clinton

(B) ** Victoria Woodhull

(C) Beyonce

(D) Marge Simpson

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), was an American leader of the women’s suffrage movement who ran for President of the United States in the 1872 election.

Concept note-2: -Woodhull was the first woman to run for president. In addition to promoting herself in her weekly newspaper, Woodhull organized an Equal Rights Party, which nominated her at its May 1872 convention. Famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass was selected as her running mate.

Concept note-3: -Pratibha Patil won the July 19 election against former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.