Born to Run

Women have not only wanted to vote, but also to serve in office. Here are a few notable women who have run for the United States presidency.

She served as the American leader of the women's suffrage movement and ran for President of the United States in the 1872 election.

"I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable."

She was the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress and in the 1972 United States presidential election, she became the first African-American candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

"You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable."

She served as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, and in 2016 became the first woman to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party when she won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016.