Women Political Powerhouses
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The following list of the women political powerhouses in US history was shared by Anne Hoiberg, President of the Women’s Museum of California. Anne was our guest speaker at the club’s July 2014 meeting.
- Bella Abzug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Abzug
- Madeleine Albright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Albright
- Susan B. Anthony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_b_anthony
- Hattie Caraway – First Woman Elected to US Senate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Caraway
- Shirley Chilton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chilton
- Clara Shortridge Foltz – First Woman Attny in CA; First Woman to run for CA Gov. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Shortridge_Foltz
- Edith Green – Equal Pay Act 1963 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Green
- Martha Griffiths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Griffiths
- Patricia Roberts Harris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris
- Patsy Mink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Mink
- Lucretia Mott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretia_Mott
- Nancy Pelosi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_pelosi
- Frances Perkins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Perkins
- Jeannette Rankin – First Woman House of Reps; worked for equal pay
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_Rankin
- Janet Reno http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno
- Eleanor Roosevelt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Caty_Stanton
- Victoria Woodhull – Ran for President in 1870 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull