Women and the American Presidency

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Women and the American Presidency
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19th Century views on women in public

• "Discussions are habitually necessary in courts
  of justice, which are unfit for female ears. The
  habitual presence of women at these would tend to
  relax the public sense of decency and propriety."
• - Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Ryan, In
  re Lavinia Goodell, 1875

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Victoria Woodhull 1872

• "I am well aware that in assuming this position I
  shall evoke more ridicule than enthusiasm at the
  outset. But this is an epoch of sudden changes
  and startling surprises. What may appear absurd
  today will assume a serious aspect tomorrow. I am
  content to wait until my claim for recognition as
  a candidate shall receive the calm consideration
  of the press and the public."

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Victory for VictoriaThe 1872 Campaign Song

• If you nominate a woman
• In the month of May,
• Dare you face what Mrs. Grundy
• And her set will say?
• How they'll jeer and frown and slander
• Chattering night and day
• Oh, did you dream of Mrs. Grundy
• In the month of May?
• If you nominate a negro,
• In the month of May
• Dare you face what Mr. Grundy
• And his chums will say?
• How theyll swear and drink and bluster,
• Raging night and day
• Oh, did you dream of Mr. Grundy
• In the month of May?

• Yes! Victoria we've selected
• For our chosen head.
• With Fred Douglass on the ticket
• We will raise the dead.
• Then around them let us rally
• Without fear or dread
• And next March, we'll put the Grundys
• In their little bed.

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Belva Lockwood 1884 1888
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Margaret Chase Smith 1964
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"LEAVE IT TO THE GIRLS" by Hildegard (Gladys
Shelley)Lyrics to presidential campaign tribute
to Margaret Chase Smith

• Leave it to the girls,
• Where there's a frill,
• And a powder puff there's greater skill
• Leave it to the chicks
• They've got a million magic tricks
• To change the course of history
• Their know-how is a mystery
• Leave it to the girls
• They're heaven sent
• It could be that our next president
• Will wear perfume and pearls
• Be diplomatic in pin curls
• For love and glory leave it to the girls
• G is for the good in every woman
• I is for ideals for which they stand
• And r and l and s

• And now, as you may guess,
• When you spell girls, my friend
• You spell success.
• Leave it to the girls
• Where there's a frill
• And a powder puff there's greater skill
• Leave it to the chicks
• They've got a million magic tricks
• To change the course of history
• Their know-how is a mystery
• But leave it to the girls
• They're heaven sent
• It could be that our next president
• Will wear perfume and pearls
• Be diplomatic in pin curls
• For love and glory leave it to the girls!

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Patsy Mink 1972
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Bella Abzug 1972
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Shirley Chisholm 1972
In 20 years in politics I had met far more
discrimination because I am a woman than because
I am black.
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1972 Primaries-Chisholm
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Geraldine Ferraro 1984

• "Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy
  has been chosen to run for vice president in the
  new land my father came to love..."

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Pat Schroeder 1988
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Elizabeth Dole 2000
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Carol Moseley Braun 2004
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Hillary Clinton 2008
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You and I by Celine DionOfficial Song of the
Hillary Clinton Campaign

• High above the mountains, far across the sea
• I can hear your voice calling out to me
• Brighter than the sun and darker than the night
• I can see your love shining like a light
• And on and on this earth spins like a carousel
• If I could travel across the world
• The secrets I would tell
• You and I
• Were meant to fly
• Higher than the clouds
• We'll sail across the sky
• So come with me
• And you will feel
• That we're soaring
• That we're floating up so high
• Cause you and I were meant to fly

• Sailing like a bird high on the wings of love
• Take me higher than all the stars above
• I'm burning, yearning
• Gently turning round and round
• I'm always rising up I never
• Want to come back down
• You and I
• Were meant to fly
• Higher than the clouds
• We'll sail across the sky
• So come with me
• And you will feel
• That we're soaring
• That we're floating up so high
• Cause you and I were meant to fly
• You and I were meant to fly

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