For the first time, Democrats will nominate the first woman of color to run for president. Carol Moseley Braun has experience breaking barriers and cracking the glass ceiling.

South Carolina State Senator Becomes First Black Woman to Run for Governor. Democrat Mia McLeod launched her campaign on Thursday: "It's a tremendous responsibility, but it's one that I'm excited ...

Black women have been at the forefront of many movements in American culture, including politics. But one woman in particular ...

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And in the election of 1872, almost 50 years before women would get the right to vote, Woodhull became the first woman in U.S. history to run for president. Radio Diaries brings us the story.

From spouse to senator: The evolution of Hillary Clinton, politician A first lady's startling decision to run for office set her on a path no woman has walked ...

The claim: Charlotta Bass was the first Black woman to run for vice president. In the months since former Vice President Joe Biden tapped Sen. Kamala Harris to be his running mate, the prosecutor ...

Rebecca Latimer Felton, a “grand old woman from Georgia,” was 87 years old when she took the oath of office on November 21, 1922, becoming the first female senator in American history ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 83, will run for reelection in the US House next November, the California Democrat announced Friday. CNN values your feedback 1.

Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman ever to serve in both the House of Representatives and the Senate—and the first senator to stand up against Joseph McCarthy's Red Scare.

Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country’s leadership than any woman ever before her. transcript A senator from California and a former ...